An American in China

An American visits China for the first time and finds himself in a small gift shop.

He finds a bronze statue of a mouse that he really likes so he asks the shopkeeper about it.

"It's 10 for the statue but you'll have to pay more for the story behind it."

The American pays for the statue but doesn't spring for the story. He starts walking down the road and notices a mouse is following him.

He breaks into a light jog but the mouse keeps up, and more mice start to follow him. He begins to run and more and more mice run after him, until there's a sea of mice chasing him.

He comes to a bridge and decides the statue isn't worth all of this trouble. He throws it into the river and all of the mice jump in after it.

Every mouse in China tries to get the statue and drowns at the bottom of the river.

He goes back to the shopkeeper, who laughs maniacally when he comes in.

"I knew you'd come back for the story behind that mouse statue!" He said.

"Oh, no," said the American, "I just wanted to see if you had a statue of a Republican."