broken free from the herd and escaped.
“We must find the missing cow!” declared the old man. “Please stay here to guard our
belongings and cattle while we go in search of the missing cow.”
The old man wore a troubled yet determined expression on his face and soon, he and his family
went off in different directions. Tyler sat in the sand and waited for their return. He took his
camera out in hopes of taking the perfect desert scene, but was disappointed – all around him was
nothing but sand dunes. He let out a sigh and waited for the old man and his family to come back.
After a while, he began to hear some noises and turned around to see a small human figure
in the distance. As the figure grew larger, he realized that the old man had returned; closely
following was his family and the missing cow. Pure joy was splashed across their faces; a
beaming smile was on every face. The children ran in delight as the old couple trailed slowly
behind them, their eyes twinkling with obvious happiness that they had retrieved the cow. Their
genuine joy brought a grin to Tyler’s face; the simple hospitality he found in the Gobi Desert
wasn’t something he had expected. Tyler followed the crowd into the desert. He reached for his
camera then, thinking better of it, put it away. He smiled.
Some moments you just couldn’t capture with a camera.
