New Tales of the Gobi Desert
Baptist (Sha Tin Wai) Lui Ming Choi Primary School, Ng Tin Yee, Fiction: Group 1
D
o you recognize a natural high altitude ecosystem health barometer? That’s me! Snow
leopard. My species and I were highly protected endanger species, which most of us
live in Gobi Desert. Gobi Desert was very hot during the day, but very cold during the
night, it can be -40.c at night. I had thick skin so I cannot come out at daytime because
I cannot sustain the hotness.
It was a harsh cold winter night, while I was drinking ice water as I am thirsty, two hunters
appeared suddenly behind a bush, I was terrified. I kept running and they kept shooting me. After
a while, I felt tired of this chasing and running game, so I hid in the thick snow, my skin had
protective coloration, so it is not easy to find me in snow. As I wonder am I safe, I saw something
sparkling not far away. Quietly, I moved closer and closer then saw some grass. That moment, I
was full of hunger, so I ate it, not so soon, I fell asleep.
When I woke up, I clean my paws as usual, when I lifted my paws, I froze. Three second later,
I realized that I was invisible. I feel complacent, so I decided to play pranks on the hunters.
I found the hunters not far away, they were setting a camp fire and roasting a deer. I threw
a snowball to the fire and the fire was put out. “Who? Who did that?” a hunter shouted. “Ahh!
Something bit me!” I pulled him all the way down to the bottom of the mountain.
I felt exhausted after the pranks I played on the hunters, so I went to find a place to rest. I was
walking lonely on the path covered with snow. Then, I spotted a sled three miles away. Without
thinking, I ran forward and fell asleep quickly.
When I woke up, I found myself in a cozy igloo. I looked at my paws again, this time, I saw
them. I looked around the igloo. I noticed a man wearing red suit and pair of black boots. “It must
be Santa Claus!” I told myself. Santa Claus turned his head and saw me. He gave me a collar and
told me, “This is a present for you, It can make you become immortal.” I worked loyally for every
Santa, until now.
Till the 21th century, Santa Clauses wear beards to remember my adventure and loyalty, even
though people think my adventure was just a tale.
