TALES OF THE GOBI DESERT
Discovery College, Percival Hill, Fiction: Group 2
2nd of July 1866 Hatchet House
‘Dear Hank,
I need you to cross the Gobi Desert for me; it’s a matter of life and death. Thanks, Edward.’
That’s what the letter read. I’m Hank, Hank Hatchet, and I am the most famous desert trekker
in the world. People always come and ask me to walk right in to deadly deserts. Right now I have
been dared to trek the most deadly desert on earth: THE GOBI DESERT! People say that it takes
5 months to get through alive and only one person dared to go: Nifty Thrifty, AKA N.T., a thief,
to get away from police officers but got caught on his way out. I am to be the first non-thief to
venture in and out, one side to the other. I can see the headline right now: ‘HANK HATCHET
FIRST MAN TO REACH THE HEART OF THE GOBI’
1st of June 1867 Big/Huge Chariot
I am on my way to the Gobi Desert in this Big/Huge Chariot and I am not the only person on
board unfortunately. It is very cramped and I have no space to breathe. This was the start of a
three-year journey, from England to China to the middle of the Gobi desert.
27th of December 1869 Gobi
At last I’m in the middle of the desert. The sand dunes are so big. Bigger than the Chrysler
Building, I think. I am hiding in a cave so I am safe from all the monsters that roam this
wasteland. With a hard day ahead of me, I wish I would make it to the other side.
29th of December 1869 Gobi
Yesterday a gang of bandits attacked me and they took all of my food and now I wish to get to the
other side quickly. If N.T. could do it, so can I!
1st of January 1870 Gobi
Again, I saw the bandits from atop a huge dune. I could tell that they had just robbed another
person because there was singing dancing and cheering. As I watched them pass, I thought one of
them spotted me because he stopped, tapped another, and pointed in my direction. I ducked just
in time, I can tell because when I looked again they were on their way. I was relieved at this. I am
still starving!
21st of February 1870 Gobi
Phew, another close encounter with another gang of bandits, I nearly lost my skin when I came
