The Gobi Scorpion
Bradbury School, Zahabiyah Boty, Fiction: Group 2
O
ne day I am walking on the beach and when I go near the sea I suddenly fall into a
big hole. When I reach the bottom I scream AHHHH!!! AHHH!!! And as I look around I
wonder where am I?? After a few seconds I get up shivering and frightened.
I start to walk and after a very long time I reach near a group of people. Suddenly
there is a loud THUMP!!! I look up scarily and see the biggest scorpion in the world. I am about to
faint. When I look around all the people are shivering and praying. After sometime the scorpion
slides away.
Later I walk towards a tall woman standing nearby and ask her ‘Where am I?’ and she tells me
that this is the land of Gobi she then asks me who I am. ‘Oh No!! I have entered through a time
portal. I am Marie and I live in Hong Kong. I don’t want to be here and I want to go back.’ She
tells me there is no way to go back as a large scorpion rules this place and the only way out is
hidden in the map in his cave and that is closed. I gasp…`Oh No!! I need to go back’. The lady says
that she knows someone who may be able to help me. He is Qadan the magician and his animal
friends and they are working on a plan. The lady also tells me that the scorpion was Qadan’s pet
and he grew evil because one day, while Qadan was practicing magic with his wand, he accidently
hit the scorpion’s tail and that’s how it became large and evil. She tells me that she will inform
Qadan about me and asks if I would like to stay until they find a way to get out. I agree with her.
She takes me to a round felt covered yurt. There I notice many different types of plants
around. I learn these plants are found in Gobi. They are Saltwort, Wild onions, Tamarix and the
Saxual plant. After sometime she takes me to her yurt to eat dinner. For dinner we have some
meat and wild onions. Then I go back to my yurt to rest.
Next day early in the morning, there is a sudden gush of wind and Qadan appears with a
brown bear, camel and a golden eagle. ‘Hello, Marie I have thought of a plan. When the scorpion
leaves his cave we will quietly sneak in and look for the map that will tell us where the time
portal to leave this place is hidden. Lets go right now!! ‘
While we are searching, the scorpion suddenly appears and attacks us and we are both trapped
in an underground passage of the cave. Next day the lady realizes that we have gone missing
and she finally comes looking for us in the Scorpion Cave. Late in the night when the scorpion is
sleeping the three of us start looking for the map. We see a brown map with some weapons beside
it. We open it and it was the map we are looking for. Suddenly the scorpion wakes up. The lady and
I quickly grab a weapon but Qadan sees his lost wand in the weapons and picks it up. The scorpion
sees us and moves ahead to catch us. But then Qadan waves his wand and says some magic spell
and the scorpion becomes small again. We all jump out of excitement and start celebrating, when I
hear someone screaming WAKE UP!! I jump up and realize this was just a dream.
