Man may get second chance with rat gift

Man may get second chance with rat gift

WELLINGTON, New Zealand - A misbehaving man may get a second chance at romance after showing his ex-girlfriend that he knows he was a rat. The man sent his ex a plastic toy rodent with a real red rose in its mouth on Valentine's Day, the Dominion Post reported Wednesday.

A courier delivered the rodent-and-rose bouquet in a plain white box without a note, a florist said.

The man, who did not want to be named, had acknowledged "being a naughty boy" during his relationship with the woman and wanted to surprise her, said Jacque Holbrook, the owner of Juliette Florist.

The woman laughed when she opened the box and realized who sent it, Holbrook said.

"She said it tickled her fancy so much that she might give him a second chance," she was quoted as saying. "It could have backfired ... but she liked it."