New Tales of the Gobi Desert
Ching Chung Hau Po Woon Primary School, Ng Hei Leong Leo, Fiction: Group 1
B
ataar lived with his family in a Ger in the middle of the Gobi desert. They were a
nomadic family and moved around the desert with their herd of camels. Bataar helped
his father look after the camels and took them out to eat grass everyday.
One day Bataar took the camels out in the afternoon because it was cooler. He
walked until he found a patch of grass. He sat down and as the camels ate he was listening for
wolves. Bataar lay down and closed his eyes. Suddenly the sky became dark. Bataar jumped
up and saw a cloud of sand coming towards him. Soon he was covered in sand and he couldn’t
see or hear anything. Quickly it was gone. Bataar stood and looked around, but there were no
camels. His father would be furious with him. The camels were very important to the family and
without them, they would have nothing. Bataar slowly started walking home but he quickly didn’t
recognize where he was. Nothing looked familiar. He could see sand everywhere but no camels
and no Ger.
Up ahead he saw some rocks which looked as big as mountains. He was tired and thirsty as
he had no water and the sun was still very hot. Bataar sat down behind one of the bigger rocks
to keep out of the sun. He was thinking about his family and if they were worried about him or
looking for him. The sun began to set and it became cooler. Bataar was hungry. He could see a
plate tailed gecko crawling on the rocks but he knew he couldn’t eat that. There was some grass
under a rock near him but he knew he also couldn’t eat that. Bataar hoped that someone would
come soon. It was darker and colder and he wanted to go home.
Suddenly the wolves came. Bataar could hear them howling. He was very scared. Bataar tried
to hide behind the big rocks but he knew the wolves could smell him. He tried to stay calm as
two eyes slowly came towards him. Bataar closed his eyes and waited for the wolf to attack but it
didn’t. It did something very strange, it nuzzled Bataar’s leg. Bataar was so surprised he still didn’t
move. The wolf moved its head and wanted Bataar to follow him. He stood up and carefully began
to follow the wolf. The wolf walked next to Bataar going in the opposite direction to the way he
had come.
Bataar and the wolf walked for over two hours. Suddenly Bataar could see a Ger in the
distance. It was his Ger! He could see the light inside and he ran towards it. Bataar ran straight
into his mother’s arms. He was home and he was safe. His father was outside looking after the
camels who had walked home by themselves after the storm. Bataar turned to say thank you to
the wolf but he had already gone.
