New Tales of the Gobi Desert
Glenealy School, Radhika Bhatia, Fiction: Group 2
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rianna was born a redhead, her hair was as red as red velvet cupcake and her eyes
were as deep blue as sapphires. She lived in a small city called Shimla which is in
India and every day at 4:30pm she watches a show on national geographic channel
about the Gobi desert. Arianna was very interested in deserts especially the Gobi
desert which is in India and many camels live there. The Gobi desert can get very cold but most
deserts are extremely hot.
On Friday afternoon Arianna sat down to watch her favorite show but the volume was to low
so she pressed the volume button and as soon as she pressed the button she blacked out and fell
into a deep sleep. When Arianna woke up she was in the Gobi desert what a surprise she had!
She said to herself “am I really in the Gobi desert” She looked around and she really was in the
Gobi desert. As Arianna walked around exploring, she heard a strange voice she looked around
and said “where did that noise come from?” Then she turned towards a cactus and the cactus
bent forward and whispered “hi my name is Argentina my parents named me after Evita’s song
Argentina when they moved to India from Chile where did you come from?” Arianna replied
that she dose not remember where she came from but she said that she was very tired and asked
the cactus if he knew of any place where she could sleep. The cactus said “yes come on you are
welcome to come over to my shed.” “Hmm! alright” replied Arianna and they both set out for the
cactus’s shed.
After a good sleep Arianna woke up with a bright smile and felt very refreshed, she then
head out to find some food and water. Just then she spotted some friendly camels who greeted
her warmly “Heloooooooo” they bellowed loudly, so loud that the poor girl had to cover her ears.
Everyone in the dessert seemed so friendly. “I’m hungry so so hungry” thought Arianna what
can I do my tummy is rumbling just like the animals rumbling in the jungle. She asked the
camel what she could do and they all bellowed together “youuuuu caaaan taaake soooome miiiilk
froooom us” and that worked out just fine.
Then she went for her daily walk and she felt little specs of dust coming into her eyes. She
rubbed her eyes and began to sneeze repeatedly. The sand specs started to elevate and mix in with
the cool wind. Arianna began to feel cold but she took it really lightly as the dessert can get really
cold. As she continued on her walk trying to ignore the cold, she suddenly stumbled upon an oasis
and could clearly see her reflection in the water; Arianna was rather thirsty so she took out her
one liter bottle and scooped up a pail of water. She gulped down the whole bottle and was getting
very frustrated as the sand blowing was getting slightly stronger.
Arianna began to feel itchy and twitchy in her nose “aaaaaaaachooooo!” she sneezed.
Hobbling around the corner looking for Arianna came Argentina “Quick follow me there is going
to be sandstorm he said.” Behind Argentina was the huge herd of camels. “Hooooop onnnnnn
ussss!” said the camels and Arianna and Argentina quickly sprung up onto the camel’s back.
“Ouch not you pokey!” The cactus got very upset and started to feel bad. Argentina apologized
and promised to sit in such a way that would not hurt the friendly camel.
Slowly they tried to move away from the storm but the wind began to get stronger and
stronger. Then the wind started gushing into Argentina’s, Arianna’s and the camels’ eyes. The
