Animal Odyssey
ICHK-Hong Lok Yuen, Keith Cheung, Fiction: Group 2
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nce, in the harsh, dry Gobi Desert, a salamander named Cloud lived there. Food was
scarce, and water was even rarer. And so, the young Cloud set off on a journey to find
water. However, he didn’t know what dangers awaited him.
He was crawling along when he heard a yell. “Arghhh! Help me!” a voice yelled,
desperately. It was a tarantula being chased by a hawk! The hawk was closing in on the poor
tarantula. Cloud instinctively jumped aside and as the hawk landed in the sand, Cloud butted the
hawk in the head and the hawk flew away hurriedly. “ Are you all right?” Cloud anxiously asked.
“Fine now, thank you very much,” the tarantula said. “My name’s Sky, so what’s yours?”
“I’m Cloud” Cloud replied.
“What are you doing in this place?” Sky asked curiously.
“I’m on a journey to find water.” Cloud told him.
“Well, let me accompany you,” Sky said. “After all, I’m honor- bound to you for saving my life.”
So the two set off.
They plodded on for days, which turned into weeks…….but no water was in sight. One dry
dusty day, a snake rose up from the ground! It was a cobra, one of the most dangerous snakes on
Earth. So Cloud knew to be careful.
“Well! If it isn’t two tasty meals! Just at the right time! I was feeling a bit peckish right now!”
the cobra gloated.
“Leave us alone.” Sky replied.
“Well! But I’m so scared!” he taunted and with that he struck!
Cloud only had just enough time to dodge- the snake’s fangs passing a hair’s breadth from his
face. Sky tried to bite the snake with his own poisonous fangs but the evil snake dodged every
time. Finally, he flipped Sky over and Sky landed on his back, helpless.
“Now it’s your turn!” he hissed turning around. Cloud could only dodge from the blows desperately.
Sky had managed to right himself and stealthily, suddenly he lunged at the cobra and pushed
him. The cobra fell into a hidden hole and Sky and Cloud buried him with sand.
Tired and relieved, they resumed their journey. “How was there a hole?” asked Cloud.
“I secretly dug it while you were busy with the cobra.” Sky answered. It wasn’t long before
the next challenge came. The hawk at first, was just a faint outline but once they saw a black
line slithering towards them they knew they were in trouble. But unexpectedly, a marbled polecat
appeared and jumped on the snake.
“You think you want to hurt my friends?” the polecat yelled. ”Well you’re wrong!.”
“Get him boys!” the polecat leader commanded. Suddenly, a whole gang of polecats ran over
and started biting and scratching the snake. Sky and Cloud realized the snake was the cobra
which attacked them! The snake looked at them, eyes full of hatred and vengeance. “I will destroy
you in another life!” the snake screamed maniacally. Then he perished.
But the hawk still remained. Fortunately, he saw what happened to the cobra and fled.
“Hi pal! How’s things going?” the leader polecat said to Sky and Cloud. Then Cloud realized
the leader polecat was his friend, Sun!
“Hi Sun! We’re on a quest for water!” Cloud said.
