May the Mystery Be Revealed
HKCCCU Logos Academy, Jasmine Yu, Fiction Group 2
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here was a treasure in a desert, the Gobi desert….” whispers Fanny’s mum. “Oh! How
lovely is this, David? Our daughter has been asleep for almost ten minutes. She never
ever sleeps until I finish the story.”
“Yeah, Mandy! What do you think she is thinking?” Fanny’s dad, David says quietly.
Fanny is sleeping, quietly and peacefully. Suddenly, Fanny wakes up and looks around, she
sees no one, not even a creature. While she is crying, she shouts, “Mum, dad! Where are you?” No
one answers. Fanny is really scared, she is in nowhere.
But just then, she sees a thing, a cactus-like shape creature. It is coming towards to Mandy.
Mandy is very nervous.
“Is it a monster, an alien, a zombie, or even a MUMMY?” Fanny thinks.
She stands at there, she doesn’t dare to move an inch away from her position. The creature
comes by, closer and closer. Fanny stares at it, now she has a clearer look at the creature. She
knows what it is. It’s a MOVING CACTUS. This really scares Fanny, she has no idea and no idea
why she meets a moving cactus.
There is a sound shouting, “Hey! Miss! Who are you? Why are you here? Where do you come from?”
Fanny doesn’t answer. She just stands there and starts crying again!
“Oh! Sorry! I didn’t mean to speak like that. I’m just a bit curious about you. You seem to
belong to somewhere else. Do you know where you are?
Fanny still keeps in silence. She shakes her head. The cactus sighs.
Fanny thinks this is not a way for solution. She finally decides to speak to the strange talking
and moving cactus.
“Hi! Mr Cactus. Sorry for not answering your questions, I’m too scared so I didn’t answer your
question. Can you please tell me where I am, please?” says Fanny politely.
“I accept your apologies. You are at the large desert region in Asia, the Gobi desert. And by
the way, I’m Azazel. It means desert. What’s your name?”
Fanny remembers where Gobi desert is, Fanny’s mum read the story just before she woke up.
“I’m Fanny. But I don’t know what my name means.”
“That’s OK. Do you want to come to my house and rest for a while? But we must hurry, it’s
almost six. When it’s six, the soldiers of the Gobi desert will come and catch all the people who
still stay in the desert after six. They’re really crazy. And don’t talk too loud or else they will
shoot you.”
Fanny is very scared and sad after she hears this message from Azazel. She thinks it should be
like Hong Kong, a place full of freedom, instead of some countries, where they always have wars.
“Wow! You make delicious tea!” says Mandy cheerfully.
“Shh! Be quiet, it’s already six o’clock. The soldiers are coming out!”
Fanny looks out of the window of Azazel’s house. She sees a lot of soldiers are marching on
the desert. She freezes, stands quietly, biting her nails, hearing the silence in the desert for a time
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