This story was written by Peter
Marco Leoni was born in 1653 AD by Piero Leoni (wealthy merchant of Venice) with the ambition to become a gondolier, against the wishes of his father, who wanted to become Marco merchant. But he objected when his father threatened to deny the legacy, but Mark always answered in a way: "I want to become a gondolier starting a family and earning a living: I do not need your money. "
When he was twenty he had no money to buy the gondola, they asked the father, but he gave them to him.
One day the mother of Mark, however, secretly gave money to his father Mark. When Peter learned of his wife strangled and then repent and commit suicide without leaving a penny to his son.
Marco was now an orphan with just enough money to buy a house and a gondola.
the age of 21 years but was working and earning quite well and met a beautiful girl, already being courted by a wealthy noble named Rosanna, Rose said.
between the two was born, but Rose had a great love make a choice: follow her heart and go to Mark, or business and go to Jordan, the rich nobleman who was courting. Later, there was a competition between gondoliers in which Mark won. He had so much fame in a short and very often, was chosen as the gondolier by the rich and noble, at times by appointment.
Rosa so he chose to live with Mark and had a long happy life in a sad autumn afternoon in October, after the mark was twenty-five, Jordan, the rich nobleman hired a thief to rob the family of all possible Leoni.
The robber managed to steal almost everything and now the family Leoni was in crisis, sold everything that was unnecessary for them though their loved one, you ate five days a week, and Mark helped at home, as well as working as a gondolier.
Unfortunately with each passing day, it was not so much required for his job because he lost his next race among gondoliers, so the wages are lowered while the prices of food rose.
Then came one day, sad and beautiful, tragic but beautiful: Rose was pregnant.
From an economic standpoint it was an untenable situation, but they were very happy to become parents.
Rosa Marco Rosa and decided together that their future son, Charles, would have gone to live with Jordan, for economic reasons, and they believe the rich nobleman who was his son.
Giordano then asked Mark, out of pure malice to work as a servant at home. To see her and still loved his ex-wife (now married to Jordan), but she said no, because this proposal went against the moral principles get to the bottom for better or for worse with the choice he had as a young man, do gondolier, although this would entail sacrifice. So Marco lived until his death alone and poor, he saw his son go to school every day and cried all the way but went ahead and died, alone and poor, this was his sacrifice for having realized his dream.
"Hello," said Charles "Hello," said Marco, "He takes me to San Marco?" "Sure." These were the only
The two exchanged words.
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