New Tales of Gobi Desert
Clearwater Bay School, Theo Cheng, Fiction: Group 1
M
ax was exhausted. The desert was hot and dry. He could only see sand all around
him. Maybe he would be stuck in the Gobi Desert forever!
Two days earlier, Max had been shopping in Hong Kong. Max loved shopping,
playing on his iPad and using the internet. But Max also loved travelling, and went
to lots of exciting places. The Gobi was not exciting, and he was disappointed. Max thought it was
plain and boring. He walked off during the tour and now he was lost. “I wish I never came here,”
he thought. He kept walking until he saw some footprints.
The footprints led to a dark cave. Just then, he saw a small mouse with large eyes, long ears
and grey fur. Max felt disappointed again. The mouse didn’t look very special, but suddenly it
jumped ten feet! Max was amazed.
“Hi, I’m a Jerboa mouse,” it said. “Who are you?”
“I’m Max,” he replied. “I got lost in this boring desert.”
“It’s not boring. You will be surprised at what you might find,” the mouse said. Then it
scurried away.
Max walked a little further, but felt tired. He sat down on a rock but when he touched it, it
started to move. Max stepped back, and a bear stood up.
“I didn’t see you,” Max said. “Why are you grey?”
“I’m a Gobi bear and I can camouflage myself like a rock.”
“Oh,” Max said, “that’s quite cool. Most bears are boring. What else can you do?”
“Boring?! Well, I can eat you! I feel hungry!”
Max screamed and ran away.
Max kept going until he saw something up the mountain. It was white and grey.
“Who is that up there?” Max said. Then he saw it was a goat. It was so high up! It jumped
down.
“I thought that the Gobi only had rocks and cactuses,” Max said. “You climb these mountains
like a spider!”
“I’m an Ibex goat,” it said. “I’m good at climbing mountains. The Gobi has wonderful
mountains called the Altai. They are magnetic, so your compasses won’t work. You’ll get lost if
you’re not careful.”
“But I’m already lost,” Max started to say, but the goat disappeared.
It was getting dark. Max felt very cold. Then, he saw a tent, so he went to see. He saw a man
wearing animal skin and wooly clothes.
“Who are you?” Max said.
“I’m a Nomad,” the man said. “This is my home. It’s called a gur.”
“I’m so thirsty,” Max said.
“We don’t have much water here in the desert,” the Nomad said. “Here, have some milk and
noodles.”
Max looked inside the gur.
“Where’s your TV?” he said.
“We don’t have one,” the Nomad said. “My family likes to play games and tell stories.”
