Katie. “See, they’re chanting!” I said. Katie stood in amazement. Then she stepped forward to my
side. Suddenly, I saw two of them turned into dust and gone. Katie and I were trembling with fear.
We immediately ran back into the yurt to calm ourselves down. Then I slept on the same bed with
Katie. We hold each other’s hand tightly with our hearts beating fast. There was no sign of Natalie
and Edward.
The next day, Natalie and Edward was still gone. Sabrina and Kelvin opened the tent of the
yurt for fresh air. They both shouted in fear. Katie and I joined them immediately and what we
saw was... Natalie and Edward were dead! Their dead body laid outside of our yurt. Their heads
were bitten, full of blood. “No——!” we screamed. Suddenly chilling wind blew on our face and
the driver who drove us here suddenly appeared! He was holding a cigarette, humming the same
ballad, floating over the sand. “It’s me.” said the driver. “Do you remember the prairie? It was the
place that Natalie and Edward were born. Their mother brought them away from us since they
were born. They had broken our laws. So we expelled them from our tribe.” “And once they come
back, we’ll kill them and let them be eaten by wolves.” “Maybe it’s because their mother didn’t tell
them about the story, that’s why they came here.” “I’ve killed them. I must. So I need you to take
Natalie’s place. It is a tradition for us to do this. Now don’t be afraid, step forward and close your
eyes.” I did what he told me to do as I was totally hypnotized. I didn’t know what was happening.
I closed my eyes. “3 2 …...” He poked a knife into my heart. I screamed. I felt suffocated. Things
next to me kept on twirling and twirling. I felt dizzy. Then, I expired.
Suddenly, I heard someone shouting my name “Belle! Belle! Calm down!” I opened my eyes
and saw it was Dad. “Daddy!” I cried. I hugged him tightly. “It’s okay now. You’ll feel better
tomorrow.” He switched off the night light around me. I lay on my bed and said to myself. “You’re
too nervous about the trip to Gobi Desert. Take a rest. Mongolia is going to be great. Forget about
it, it’s just a dream.” I closed my eyes and fell asleep.
