The Treasure of the Gobi Desert
Holy Angels Canossian School, Lau Jean Ming, Fiction: Group 2
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and dunes after sand dunes covered the Gobi Desert. A golden eagle flew across the clear
blue sky in search of her prey. She looked afar and noticed that the Gobi Desert seemed
endless and infinite. She swooped down to catch a desert mouse. The poor mouse did not
even see that coming.
Jon was a very muscular 17-year-old boy at six feet tall. He had light brown hair and jet black
eyes. Jon wanted to be an adventurous explorer and a clever inventor. He was awfully curious
and energetic. A few days ago, Jon was in the New York Public Library conducting research on
a science project as usual. He had snuck Jonni into the library. Jonni was usually green and was
an exceptional marksman at aiming his tongue at a target. You might have guessed, Jonni was
actually a chameleon.
Jon was checking out old books on one of the shelves. Suddenly, Jonni popped out of Jon’s
upper left vest pocket, lashed out his tongue and pulled in a dusty old page. ‘Careful, Jonni! Don’t
do that!’ whisper-yelled Jon, who was trying to be as quiet as he could. He picked up the page
and examined it. It seemed to be a treasure map of some kind. Jon made out the shape of the land
on the map as Mongolia, so the marking of the treasure had to be in the Gobi Desert! Jon was so
excited, and he rushed out of the library.
When Jon got back home, he quickly arranged ticket for a flight to Hong Kong. Sixteen hours
later, he arrived in Hong Kong with Jonni safely tucked in his pocket. From Southern China,
they went by train to Beijing, and then took another flight to Ulan Bator in Mongolia. From there
they rented a Jeep and drove to the edge of the Gobi Desert. They switched to riding a camel and
started their journey into the desert.
After two lousy days on the bumpy camel, they still could not locate the treasure. They were
looking for a camel-shaped rock formation like the map showed, but they could not find it. Jon
was about to give up. He gave a big sigh and took a drink from his water bottle. His jet black
eyes gleamed in the sun and his forehead was raining sweat. He flipped his hair away from his
face and said to Jonni, ‘Hey, green guy. Want some water?’ Jonni drank furiously and flicked his
tongue two times, meaning ‘Delicious!’
Suddenly, a golden eagle soared down to catch Jonni. The eagle made the camel scared, so it
dropped Jon and Jonni onto the sand, and ran away. Jonni quickly changed into a sandy colour
camouflage once he hit the ground while the eagle flew just one inch away from him. Jon ducked
just in time right before the eagle’s wing could slash his arm. The eagle could not see Jonni even
with its sharp eyesight. Trying to protect his friend, Jon frantically drove the eagle away, so it
flew away in confusion. Jon yelled at the eagle, ‘Big fat chicken!’ Jonni was too scared to change
back, so Jon could not find him. Jon could not see Jonni so he started shouting, but too bad Jonni
did not understand Jon’s words.
Jon searched the area for hours. He felt so sad that he had lost his long-time companion. What
was worse was that he had dropped his water bottle while fighting away the eagle. Soon enough,
Jon had become dehydrated under the hot sun and felt dizzy. He collapsed in a heap of sickness
and blacked out. The poor guy did not even see that coming.
The loyal camel went back after the golden eagle was long gone, and found Jonni still at the
