The Flight To Freedom
ICHK-Hong Lok Yuen, Vivian Yu, Fiction: Group 2
K
ai trudged on silently. She and her friend Leo were camels carrying goods for humans.
“Walking across the Gobi desert with a super heavy load on our backs....seriously”
muttered Kai miserably. “Don’t ask me why, it’s just back and forth, back and forth.”
As you can probably guess, they were carrying items for merchants across the huge
Gobi Desert. Their parents had done it, and so had their parent’s parents, and their parents before
them. But Kai and Leo just wanted to get away from it all. Not that the heat bothered them, it was
just that they could never go where they wanted. Leo used to be a free camel until the humans
captured him so he knew what true freedom was like.
One day, it was just too much. There had just been a sandstorm and the group had just lost
much of their cargo. They blamed the camels for that (not that they could understand). Leo
stomped angrily. ‘We did our best. Now they yell at us for no reason?!Humans are CRAZY!!!’
Kai didn’t reply. She just stared down. Finally she said, ‘I think........ we should, you know, leave.’
‘Whaaaa.......... What do you mean?’ stuttered Leo.
‘You mean, like, go? Just go? Well, if you mean it, then.........yes.’
They spent one last night in silence. The sounds and sights they had taken for granted before
seemed louder, more significant. The whispering wind, the soft grunting of the humans in their
sleep,, or the occasional rock studding the smooth cloth of golden-brown sand.
Finally, the sun began to peep out from the horizon. Then Kai made the signal to go. ’Run!’
she hissed. They ran and ran as fast as the wind until they could go no more. They collapsed on
the ground, panting heavily. ‘Alright. We need to find a place with food, water and shelter.’ said
Leo. Kai agreed. So they set off again, roaming for any suitable place to live. At the end of the day
they still had’nt found anything. They wearily lay down to sleep.
Day by day the time passed by. They were getting more and more tired. Then finally,
something exciting happened. Kai yelled excitedly ’I’ve found a cave! With a pool of water!’ They
rushed in for a look.
‘Nice’ commented Leo.They lay down gazing around. But suddenly, the peace was shattered
by a deafening CREEAAAAK. Rocks were falling down on them, huge ones. There were cracks
appearing on the ceiling.....and then those cracks got wider and wider...Kai was frozen on the spot,
terrified. Leo yelled at her ‘GET UP!!!!!!!! THE ROOF IS CAVING IN!!!!’
Finally she got up, and both fled the place in terror. They were both badly bruised from the
rocks, and tired from running like the wind away from the collapsing cave. For days and days on
end they slowly walked side by side.
‘I thought we could have stayed there.’ said Leo quietly.
‘Well.......I guess it was my fault. I led us into the cave. We wouldn’t be tired or bruised if I
hadn’t...........’ Kai trailed off. ‘Don’t say that! You just happened to find that cave, that’s all!’
Kai didn’t reply.They walked on. They slept. They ate and drank when they found food and
water. Through the rough stony plains, across the rocky plateaus.
At the end of one such day, Leo called his companion over as he had discovered a small oasis
to stay for a while. By now they were tired, hungry and thirsty. The camels drank and ate.
A few days later the first rain in months came! First it came as a few sprinkles, then it grew
