!['And I am here for the food.'](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUKBxvpSeN1Oj5VYc1OyUvwRNknL2l4ubWQLxP4ZecI1qyW0uJdgyHbllTNr4t_lAmbbyI5-qxyyDcnub2OV8HnMJJWa7LVDDL1bO2n6U4lOZhax2XBxfVTIhB1qdQ3Cj_UhBh7iL45QF_mkuXIwYReY6C0Y5DWFgGliOwtmQo9T2uW5_I3FFPyQ/s1600/2020-1218-bullyandhispals-ratboy1.jpg)
He was sitting outside a bodega and a couple were already watching him. The woman asked: "Is that a rat, or...?"
"That's a rat!" I said, then I added "It's your Lucky Christmas Rat!"
Another guy stopped to look and said "He's not shy, either!" And I wish I'd said "And he takes a pet so good!"
!['Gotta porkchop? Slice o' pizza? Cotton candy? Cool Ranch Doritos?'](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGlAx3tqvMiwPvIZlRR7vEMwYDQqFo8Hzv5vdmQmCkTeH4Ut0rF7rljti-w-0vC-YRvqVy0PchyY4ZONCJ8lPYpH1P0T1yuxdLlw7OphvxrkW0rcnfM3kAIBizEIEPMSYaM6ZP6mQGFPPa3n_0yYYJOsX-6Zyi5RSNrTfTRZ_99NJrm2K1WEBWQA/s1600/2020-1218-bullyandhispals-ratboy2.jpg)
He's obviously well-fed. And that, non-New Yorkers, is why we have Bodega Cats!