Hannibal and the Second Punic War

Once upon a time there was a young man whose name was Hannibal. When Hannibal was 9 years old his father was a great general of Carthage. Hannibal wanted to be a warrior of Carthage like his father. When he got older he became a General. Hannibal wanted to destroy Rome so he got an army together. The army had elephants, horses, and soldiers. He went to Spain to pick up some more soldiers. Then he crossed the Pyrenees Mountains with the elephants to scare Rome because they had never seen elephants. Next he forced the elephants to go on a raft to sail across a river and then he went over the Alps. Going over the Alps was very hard because it was steep, cold, and people were throwing rocks on their heads. A lot of the people and elephants and horses died. Finally they got across the Alps, but Rome was waiting for them. When they got down from the mountains, they fought. The Carthaginians lost the second Punic War. 50 years later they fought another war and in that war Carthage lost again.