威尼斯商人 The Merchant of Venice — part 2

　　The Merchant of Venice part 2

　　威尼斯商人

　　Posha’s father had wanted to find a good husband for his lovely daughter. So before he died, he found a nice plan to choose the right husband. He has three small boxes made of different metals. One box was made of gold, another box of silver, and the third of lead. He put a picture of Posha in one of these boxes. The father wished Posha to marry the first man that was able to guess which box had the picture. Some words were written on each box. Posha feared that the man she did not like find the picture. But she had to obey what her father had decided.

　　The first young man that tried to win Posha was a prince from Africa. She showed the prince all the boxes and said: “ My picture is inside one of these boxes, please choose.” The prince thought that the only gold box was good enough for Posha. And on the box were these words: The man who chooses me will get what many man desired. The prince took the key from Posha and opened the box. But he found only a terrible picture of death, and a piece of paper inside. On the paper was written: all the shine brightly is not gold. The prince was greatly disappointed of guessing wrong and went away.

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