A Letter from the Gobi
Clearwater Bay School, Ashley Zang, Fiction: Group 1
I
am the Gobi desert. I am Asia’s biggest desert and the world’s 5th largest. I’m formed by
mountains blocking rain-carrying clouds from the Indian Ocean reaching to me.
I am hot in the summer, I can go up to 122 degrees. I suggest you to bring sun cream
if you want to visit. In the winter, I am cold as my temperature can drop to -40 degrees so
if you come to me you better get yourself wrapped up tight. If you stay on me for one year you
might get frostbites on top of your sunburn.
In the sand there are lots of rocks so if you are going to walk on me you better look out
because you might slip and cut yourself!
Dinosaurs used to live on me. I was quite happy that time, but sadly one day they died. I
was so small that I cannot remember what happened to them. Some people said there was an
earthquake and some said a volcano erupted but you never know. Living on me has never been
easy.
Despite the extreme living condition, I have about 45 types of animals such as Bactrian
camels, brown bears, golden eagle, marbled polecats and plate-tailed gecko, vipers, snakes and so
on. Most of these animals are not friendly. Although I would like people to visit me every year I
think you would not like to live on me.
Now I am growing bigger every year because people don’t take care of the environment. So if
you want to stop me from growing then you can tell your family and friends to stop littering or
by driving less than before.
From the Gobi
