Simplify the following text for a Grade 6 native English-speaking person.
Original: The two are Basilio and the notary and Basilio is given the choice of accepting a bribe and being a witness or receiving two bullets in the head ( an easy choice , he says ) .
Simplified: Basilio and the notary come to the front door and try to leave by the ladder , but it has gone . Basilio can either take a bribe a be a witness to the marriage or he can be shot dead .