Simplify the following text for a Grade 5 native English-speaking person.
Original: Merrick wrote to Torr , who came and visited him at the workhouse . Torr decided that he could make money exhibiting Merrick , although to retain Merrick 's novelty , he would have to be a traveling exhibit .
Simplified: Torr showed Merrick around the East Midlands , and then Merrick went to London .