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Paula, Jeffrey and Emma were good friends. They were reading the script and getting ready to try out for a part in the school 1 . However, when their drama teacher, Mrs Anderson called out the 2 of the students with acting parts, they did not hear their names called.
They were asked to be the set designers. Paula was 3 because she performed well at the tryout(选拔赛). But she had a(n) 4 . "If the girl who got the starring part gets sick or 5 , I'll have the chance. So, I am supposed to know the lines perfectly."
For the next month the set-design team 6 after school every day. Emma and Jeffrey cut, fixed and painted, while Paula sat in the corner, learning the 7 of the starring part. She could see that the sets were going 8 , but she did not think it mattered.
That evening, when the teacher saw the sets before rehearsal(排练), she was 9 because the rainbow had not been painted. So the actors had to rehearse without the sets.
As Paula watched the play rehearsal with no sets, she 10 she was holding it back although she had imagined stepping in at the last minute to save it. Paula decided that 11 she could not act, she could help tell the story with excellent sets.
The set-design team worked every afternoon and evening to get the sets 12 and looking wonderful.
At the end of the play on opening night, their teacher had the design team come out to take a bow. The audience 13 for the set designers just as loudly as they had for the actors. It seemed that the sets were also stars of the show.
From this 14 , Paula came to understand that whether she played a part or worked as the set designer, she could achieve her 15 .
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