{"id":3480,"date":"2012-02-03T16:26:06","date_gmt":"2012-02-03T16:26:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/prayables\/?p=3480"},"modified":"2012-02-03T23:23:07","modified_gmt":"2012-02-03T23:23:07","slug":"talented-rat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/prayables\/2012\/02\/talented-rat.html","title":{"rendered":"Talented Rat"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 style=\"text-align: center\">Daily Joke<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/309\/2011\/10\/dailychuckle.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-60\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/309\/2011\/10\/dailychuckle.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"89\" \/><\/a>A man walks into a diner and asks the waitress, &#8220;If I show you a really good trick, will you give me a free lunch?&#8221; The waitress considers it, then agrees. The man reaches into his pocket and pulls out a tiny rat. He reaches into his other pocket and pulls out a tiny piano. The rat stretches, cracks his knuckles, and proceeds to play the blues.<\/p>\n<p>After the man finished his lunch, he asked the waitress, &#8220;If I show you an even better trick, will you give me free lunch for the rest of the week?&#8221; The waitress agrees, thinking that no trick could possibly be better than the first. The man reaches into his pocket and pulls out a tiny rat. He reaches into his other pocket and pulls out a tiny piano. The rat stretches, cracks his knuckles, and proceeds to play the blues. The man reaches into another pocket and pulls out a small bullfrog, who begins to sing along with the rat&#8217;s music.<\/p>\n<p>While the man is enjoying his dessert, a stranger confronts him and offers him $100,000.00 for the bullfrog. &#8220;Sorry,&#8221; the man replies, &#8220;he&#8217;s not for sale.&#8221; The stranger increases the offer to $250,000.00 cash up front. &#8220;No,&#8221; he insists, &#8220;he&#8217;s not for sale.&#8221; The stranger again increases the offer, this time to $500,000.00 cash. The man finally agrees, and turns the frog over to the stranger in exchange for the money.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Are you insane?&#8221; the waitress demanded. &#8220;That frog could have been worth millions to you, and you let him go for a mere $500,000!&#8221; &#8220;Don&#8217;t worry about it.&#8221; the man answered. &#8220;The frog was really nothing special. 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