def read_file(path, file):
    """
    reading .txt file and return its content as string
    :param path: path to file
    :param file: file (.txt)
    :return: file_content as string
    """
    file_name = str(path) + str(file)

    with open(file_name + '.txt', 'r') as myfile:
        file_content = myfile.read()

    return file_content