We’ve all heard the saying, “think outside of your box.” The saying has become synonymous with creative thinking and being innovative. Obviously, this quality often proves beneficial to people trying to push themselves.

This short story is one of the best examples of thinking outside of the box, which can be downright amazing.

It begins in a small Italian town, hundreds of years ago.

A small business owner found himself in a large amount of debt to a money loan-shark who was old and unattractive.

The shark-loan was interested in the business owner’s daughter.

Of course, this meant that he offered the businessman a deal: he would eliminate the debt if he could marry the businessman’s daughter.

This proposal was not desirable for either the daughter nor the businessman and was met with disgust.

However, it came with a twist. The loan-shark w...