My First Reenactment

Chapter 1: Rachel's first costume.
Eight-year old Rachel and twelve year old John arrived at the reenactment with their parents.

"Mama, how are the actors like?" Rachel asked.

"We are a close bunch, sweetie." She said.

Rachel was very timid, when an actor approached them, he extended his hand to the girl.

"Rachel, shake hands." Rachel's adoptive father said.

She shook hands.

"Chào bạn (Hello)" Rachel greeted the actor in the Marine uniform in Vietnamese.

"Is she from Vietnam?" He asked her parents.

They nodded.

"Yeah, the orphanage she was at applied her with a dictionary on the Vietnamese language, Vietnamese language books and a Vietnam flag came with her, she still has it." Her father explained.

"Let's get you both ready for the Junior reeanactment." The actor said.

He helped the sibling's hands as he led them for their costumes.

A few minutes later, they came back, John was in a United States Marine Corps uniform while Rachel was dressed in Viet Cong fighter gear, complete with a nón lá, black "pyjamas" and a toy rifle.

"Oh, Rachel look at you..." Their mother said.

She got out a camera, Rachel meekly smiled at the camera.

"We will be reeanacting a fight scene." He said.

The child actors got into their places, the toy rifle fired blanks and if any of the Marine actors heard them they would be signaled to play dead and the same thing for the Viet Cong actors.