The Merchant of Venice
In the city of Venice there lived a merchant called Antonio. All the people loved him because he was kind to them. In the same city there was another merchant named Shylock. The people didn’t like him because he was unkind. Shylock hated Antonio because he used to insult him.
Now, Antonio has a friend called Bassanio. That Bassanio was always poor because he spent his money foolishly. So when Bassanio needed some money, Antonio always helped him.
One day Bassanio decided to marry a beautiful , rich young women called Portia. But at that time Antonio had no money to give to Bassanio because Antonio's ships sank at the sea. So both Bassanio and Antonio went to Shylock in order to borrow some money from him. Shylock gave Antonio the money he wanted. But if Antonio didn’t return it within three months, Shylock would cut one pound of Antonio's flesh.
After that, Antonio married Portia. Then the money was not ready in time, so Shylock made up his mind to cut one pound of Antonio's flesh. But Portia saved Antonio when she told Shylock to cut only one pound of Antonio's flesh without spilling any drop of his blood.
In the end Shylock lost all his money while Antonio's ships reached to Venice safely.
William Shakespeare
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