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Of Rats and Men
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Jack Black - A Rat Thief, a Showman
Jack black was a kind of rat whisperer and a showman. He used to cover his hands with lure, special bait that rats couldn't resist. Women more particularly, shuddered when they beheld him place some half dozen of the dusty looking breechp in his shirt next to his skin. And men swore the animals had been tame as he let them run up his arms like squirrels. This was dangerous, risky work. Jack got bitten all the time, and sometimes those bites made him sick. But he wasn't catching rats with his bare hands just because of showmanship or bravado. He had to catch rats alive. It was a big part of his business
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