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             I'm not sure how the vet may have deduced that the rat came from a cargo ship, but this is by far a different version from the original, more popular "sewer rat" tale. Although, there is the same ongoing motif of foreign pets bearing bad tidings, and horror.
             Personally, my favorite version of this story was told by my dad. By his tone, anyone could tell that he was joking, but loved telling the story to whoever would listen. He claimed that he heard the story from a co-worker just last month, but I know I heard the same story from him years ago.
             "Did you hear about the couple from Seattle that went down to Mexico to adopt a baby? Well they went down there and adopted this baby from some famil
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