Miracle in the Gobi Desert
French International School, Sanaya Masurkar, Fiction: Group 1
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nce upon a time, in Mongolia, there lived a mighty King. The King of China wanted
all of the Gobi desert to be part of his land. He could not attack because the king of
Mongolia was very strong and had a big army. So the King of China sent one of his
spies to poison the Mongolian king’s food and so he fell sick! The Mongolian king had
only one son, Ulagchi who was worried about his father’s health.
One day, Ulagchi went to a great saint and asked him to cure his father. The saint replied,
“There is a holy man at the end of the Gobi desert and he can help you”. So Ulagchi set on a
journey to find this holy man.
While on the journey, he met some snow leopards and made friends with them. One of the
snow leopard allowed him to ride on his back for part of the journey.
After leaving the snow leopard, Ulagchi kept walking for a day until he met some camels. The
camel looked at him and asked, “Who are you”? Ulagchi realized that this was not an ordinary
camel. So Ulagchi asked a lot of questions to the camel including math sums and the camel
answered all the sums correctly. Ulagchi was pleased and gave the camel some of his food. Saying
good bye to the camel he set off further in the Gobi desert.
Ulagchi was tired. Suddenly he saw a dangerous brown bear. Ulagchi crept silently and then
started running away from the bear. He ran so fast that he surprisingly reached the end of the
Gobi desert. What did he find!! A holy man sitting calmly.
Ulagchi said, “A great saint sent me here because my father is sick. Can you help me to
improve my father’s health?” “Yes” said the holy man and handed him a potion. “Give this to your
father in his meals”. Ulagchi thanked him. The holy man said “I have given you the potion what
will you give me in return”. Ulagchi replied, “Anything you wish for”. The holy man said “You
are a master in archery and I would like your right thumb”. So Ulagchi made a great sacrifice for
his father and cut his right thumb and gave it to the holy man. The holy man laughed and said, “I
was just testing you. I will attach your thumb again by using this holy water”. And he did.
Ulagchi was happy and ran back to Mongolia so fast that he looked like a hungry lion. He
reached his kingdom and went to his father and gave the potion to him. Every day, they would
mix the potion in his father’s food and slowly the King of Mongolia started getting better.
So much time had passed during Ulagchi’s journey, the King of China forgot about taking over
the Gobi desert and the two kingdoms lived happily and peacefully for many years.
