New Tales of the Gobi Desert
Diocesan Preparatory School, Wan Man Yin, Fiction: Group 2
O
nce upon a time, a boy named Bryan survived a plane crash in the middle of the Gobi
Desert, but his parents didn’t. After crying over his parents, he got his backpack and
tried to find food and water from the ruins of the plane. In the end, he managed to find
some snacks and a few bottles of water. Putting the food into his backpack, he walked
through the desert to escape, but soon got lost in the vast ocean of sand. Even worse, he soon
finished up his food and water. Very soon, Bryan began to feel thirsty and hungry. He felt lonely
and miserable.
Finally, in one night, Bryan could not withstand the chilly night and fell down. Bryan
dreamed that a troop of army was walking through the desert and had seen him. But they did not
come to help him. Later, a merchant walked by him, but the merchant just glanced at him but did
not stop and continued on his journey. After a while, a poor man with a bony camel came, and
when he saw the half-dead child, he felt sorry for him. Quickly he placed the child on his camel
and went to the nearest shelter. He gave the landlord all he had, a few coins and the poor camel.
He told the landlord to look after the poor boy. The landlord declined the camel and asked the poor
man to take it back. He promised to take care of the boy until he recovered. After that, the poor
man walked away with the camel.
At that moment, the boy woke up. He found himself lying on a soft bed made of the finest
cotton. Bryan saw a wooden table with lots of food on it. What’s more, he was in a warm and
bright airy room. He quickly ran out of the room and asked the landlord,’’ Who bought me here?’’
The landlord replied, “A man saw you lying on the sand, right in the middle of a sandstorm.
He saved you and gave me money to give you a place to live.” As soon as he heard that, Bryan ran
out of the inn. He followed the camel footprints looking for his saviour. Eventually, he found the
poor man. He was called Ben.He helped Bryan to find his uncle in the market. They met regularly
and became best friends.
One hot and sunny day, Ben and Bryan were chatting and walking the camel in the market.
Suddenly, Ben tripped over something round and shiny. Bryan dug it up and saw that it was a
dinosaur egg. “Look what we have found!” The man exclaimed. Together they loaded the egg onto
the small camel.
They were planning to go sell it when they heard a voice, “Oi! Quickly, dig them up!”
“Oh No!“ Ben shouted, “Bandits!”
“They want dinosaur eggs?” Bryan gasped. He took a deep breath so that he could try to relax,
but he breathed in the sand instead. Bryan coughed out the sand and spluttered. Ben whined.
Ben froze because of a sound, “Don’t move!” Ben and Bryan could hear intruders coming up.
They panicked. At that moment, the poor man carried Bryan and jumped onto his camel and left.
The bandits followed them and shot at them.
“Do you have any weapons to fight with?” Bryan asked, “We need them!’’ The man did
not answer him. He just kept on protecting the egg and steering the camel. At that moment,
something caught his eyes. No, it was not the bandits. “A sand dune!” Bryan screamed.
Fwoosh! They shot out of the sand dune and fell heads first onto the sand. The man gestured
Bryan to keep quiet and lie down.
