Tales of the Gobi Desert
German Swiss International School, Lauren Mok, Fiction: Group 2
O
ne morning, a girl called Grace and her friends Alice and Ruby were playing at a
playground in a city in China. The sky was clear and all the children were enjoying
playing in the hot, bright sun. When everyone felt tired, they went back to their homes.
“I can’t wait to eat lunch,” said Ruby. On the way, Grace saw something strange.
When she went to go play with her friends, she always passed a furniture shop. Now, that shop
had vanished. Instead, there was a very old looEmperor path.
”Did we see this path when we passed by this street?” Grace asked her friends.
“No, we didn’t!” replied Alice.
“Let’s go see if it will take us back home faster!” But, as Alice stepped onto the path, it made a
loud crack. The path disappeared and they were standing on smooth, golden sand the sun became
hotter, and hotter, and hotter! The three friends stood there with their mouths open, gaping at the
wonderful view in front of them.
“What happened? Where are we?” Ruby cried, turning to see around her. The other two were
too stunned to speak. An old man with a long, white beard, dressed in odd looEmperor robes,
sitting on a camel, saw them and came over.
“Hello, You are in the Gobi Desert. Your destiny has brought you to me. I am the Emperor’s
Magician, and I need you to help me. I have a dinosaur egg that the Emperor gave me as a present,
for showing him so many good tricks. But, one morning when I woke up, the egg was gone! The
Emperor had told me that an evil criminal wanted to steal the egg, so he gave it to me to hide.
When I told the Emperor what happened, he was furious. He said that I was a very careless man,
and since I lost it, I have to get it back. Could you please help me get it back?” Then the man
started to ride away on his camel.
“Wait!” said Alice. “How are we supposed to find the criminal?”
“If you have willing hearts, you will find him!” With that, the Magician was gone.
Suddenly, a fierce wind suddenly swirled around them, stinging their eyes with the golden
sand. The wind swept them up and off they went.
After a while, the wind finally left them down in front of a big house. Grace, Alice and Ruby
walked curiously to the front door. They quietly opened the door and peeped inside. A darkly
clothed man was sitting on a chair, reading a thick book. Then, he closed the book, and picked up
a huge egg. It had to be the Magician’s dinosaur egg and this must be the criminal.
After caressing the egg for some time with a greedy look in his eyes, he yelled,” Slaves! Come
here to play some music for me!” Three men dressed in filthy rags came in to the room holding
musical instruments. As the music went on, he slowly started to close his eyes and in a few
minutes, the criminal was asleep, snoring very loudly. The slaves bowed went out of the room.
“Great!” whispered Grace. “Since he is asleep, it will be easier for us to get the egg.” They
tiptoed into the room. With her heart pounding, Grace took the egg out of his hands and went
back to the door. As she opened the door, it made a loud creak! Surprised by the noise, the
criminal jumped up, eyes wide and red.
“Who’s there?” he shouted.” Who dares to enter my house?” But luckily, the minute they
stepped out of his door, the wind picked them up again and in an instant they were back in the
