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A Story about Xishi By Dale,Mona,Zack and John Historical background About 2500 years ago, during Chinas Spring and Autumn Period, the King of Yue was imprisoned after being defeated by the State of Wu, making Yue a dependent state. Secretly planing revenge, Yue officials began to train beautiful women in order to seduce the King of Wu. Xishi, a legendary beauty of ancient China, was one of them. Act 1, Role: Fanli Shaobo , Xishi. Place: Palace of the state of Yue. Xishi: What a quiet night! I never have enjoyed such a quiet night. like there are only you and me in the night. The rain just now feels so comfortable, the air smells faintly like something hard to tell. Shaobo, look, the light in the water, it looks like … Fanli: Like the vision in the dream! Xishi: Like everything stills! Fanli: Yes, everything stills. The night stills, the moon stills, the lantern, the swing, you and me, all still. Xishi: The weather has really become cold. Fanli put a coat on Xishi . Shaobo, will you miss me after I leave for Gusu Now Suzhou City ? Fanli: Yes, I have been missing you before you leave! Xishi: Really? Fanli: Yes! Xishi: Sometimes I wonder, if you didn’t go to the South three years ago, and meet me beside the West Lake, could we have known each other? If we don’t, could we meet in the future at somewhere else? Fanli: I believe we could! It is our destiny to meet each other this life. Xishi: Are you sure? Fanli: Of course! I can’t imagine, how empty our life would become if we didn’t meet at the West Lake? Well, even if we didn’t meet each other beside the West Lake, I belive we would meet each other in Zhuji ten years later; and if we don’t meet in Zhuji, we would meet in Gusu twenty years or thirty years later. Anyway, it’s our destiny to meet each other, this life! Xishi: But, in that case, we will be old then when we encounter! What fun would be left? Fanli: Being old is also a beautiful thing! Xishi: Shaobo, look, the meteor! Fanli: What a beauti