An old man name Toby is telling the story.
He lives very quietly at Stratford-Upon-Avon now, remembering the past and his friendship with ‘the greatest man in England’ -William Shakespeare. He first met William or Will, as he calls him when Will persuaded Toby to help him steal a farmer’s apples. That was the beginning of a lifelong friendship. Toby was surprised to discover that he went to school every day. Will loved reading and want to be a writer. He wanted more excitement and freedom, but nothing came of his ideas. Then in 1582 , Will had to marry with Anne Hathaway. She is a young women eight years old than him. For a short time Will was happy with his family. Until he decided to be an actor and to write plays. The only place where he could do that was London so Toby and Will worked very hard, acting, writing and learning all the time. His plays were performed in many theatres and soon the whole of London Knew the name of William Shakespeare. He wrote beautiful poems but he was both famous for his latest one.
However, He was not very happy with his wife. But he became very rich and was always asked busy with his writing. He and some others had a new theatre built, called the Globe and many of his best plays were performed there. He died of a fever in 1616 , was buried in Stratford but Toby thinks that people will never forget his old friend Will Shakespeare.