The Robbers of Gobi Desert
Dulwich College Beijing, Cecily Serin Eugenie Gleave, Fiction: Group 2
I
n the land of the fascinating Gobi desert lived a bunch of thieves robbing people that
travelled on the Silk Road. There were three families, and each family had one child. The
first family had a girl called Minwei, the second family had a boy called Dong Dong, the
last family also had a boy, and his name was Liang Liang. The three families lived close to
Dunhuang, a cold, rocky and sandy area. The families managed to live in tents. You could say the
tents were not so big, each tent having an area of twenty-meter square.
There was one small problem. Whenever the children’s parents went to rob the weary
merchants on the Silk Road, the children got lonely. They thought that their parents went off
to steal to get away from them. One day the children’s parents went to rob travellers as usual,
Minwei, Dong Dong and Liang Liang decided to have a talk about the problem.
“I think we should go somewhere else and leave our parents. Maybe go to Dunhuang. After
all, it is close.” Suggested Minwei.
“It might work.” Agreed Dong Dong.
“Come on guys, let’s pack up!” Cried Liang Liang. In a few minutes, the three were on their
way to Dunhuang. They left a note to tell their parents that they would be fine.
“It’s freezing!” Muttered Dong Dong, walking across the featureless desert.
“Be quite! I’m tired of your whining. Are you going to complain throughout the whole trip?”
said Minwei, who was getting very pissed off about Dong Dong complaining.
“How come you have so much to say, Minwei?” Asked Liang Liang starting to get interested in
the conversation.
“Girls are just like that, or maybe only girls like me.” Answered Minwei.
“Look! Look! A sand storm!” yelled Dong Dong, terrified of what was ahead. The children
looked ahead and saw a tremendous sand storm rushing in their way.
As the sand storm came towering over them, the children seemed hopeless. Just then Minwei
saw a small rock cave big enough for all of them to hide behind. She also remembered the two
umbrellas she had packed.
“Run to that rock cave!” yelled Minwei “It will keep us safe from the sand storm.” All at once,
they ran to the cave. Once they got there, Minwei opened the umbrellas and blocked the entrance
of the cave. Sand still got through but it did not bother the children.
“That was close. We almost got blown away by a sand storm!” cried Minwei exhausted from
crouching down for such a long time.
“Look, the sun is setting. Does anybody know what time it is?” said Liang Liang looking at
the sun.
“It’s five o’clock. We should stay here for the night.” Answered Minwei so it was chosen that
the cave was their shelter for the night.
Once the sandstorm had blown over, they had put up a shade over the cave’s mouth by getting
out a big blanket, attaching one side to the edge of the cave and the other side to two poles at each
corner. Then they placed the umbrellas on the sides at the edge of the their cave.
“Dinner’s ready, boys!” shouted Minwei into the cave. All of a sudden, the two boys came
scrambling out from the rock cave.
