My name is Toby£®I'm an old man£¬eighty-three this spring£®My house is right in the middle of Stratford-upon-Avon£¬and I can watch the street market from my window£®But I live very quietly now£®I'm just an old man£¬sitting in a chair£®

    I once knew the greatest man in England£®For thirty years I was his friend£®I worked with him in the theatre£¬through the good times and the bad time£®He was a good friend to me£®He was also the best playwright£¬the best poet£¬that ever lived in England£®Will Shakespeare was his name£®

    I saw all his plays in the theatre£®People loved them£®They shouted£¬laughed and cried£¬ate oranges£¬and called for more£®All kinds of people£®Kings£¬Queens£¬Princes£¬great lords and ladies£¬poor people£¬the boys who held the horses…everyone£®Will Shakespeare could please them all£®