It's The Play

In our Social Studies class, we were having a play about the ancient outrageous battles that marked our world history, The Battle of Marathon, The Battle of Thermophylae, and, The Battle of Salamis. We were divided into three groups to present these battles on stage. We were assigned to the great battle of Thermophylae.
It was about King Xerxes of Persia, son of Darius, building up his own army of 150 000 men and a navy of 600 ships to invade Greece and to avenge his father's death. The Greeks heard his amassing army. They also prepared their own forces while the Persians were building a bridge made up of boats tied together to get to Greece. They crossed the rugged mountains of Greece until they came into a narrow path called Thermophylae, and there, the Greeks were waiting. The two opposite forces squared off once again. The outnumbered Spartan soldiers led by King Leonidas stayed at Thermophylae to fight to death against the Persians.
Unfortunately, a Greek peasant named Ephialtes betrayed his own country when he personally went to King Xerxes. The traitor revealed the secret pass to Athens in exchange of gold. The Greeks were unexpectedly defeated and they retreated to the hills. The Persians conquered Athens.
We barely had a day and a half for scripting, directing and practicing, and three hours to make our props and costume and to rehearse. I was amazed at how my groupmates worked and tried their best to work this thing out. We successfully presented our play on stage just this afternoon.
Looking back, I couldn't imagine how we did it all in just two days. Well, maybe it's because of the cooperation and trust that we shared upon each other. It's because I trusted them. I've been learning on how to trust people to make things work out. I couldn't do it on my own. I love how it worked out. We may not know what will be the result of our hard work, but what's important is how we play our own roles to achieve our goals.