Sandstorm at Gobi
Good Hope Primary School cum Kindergarten, Chan Hoi Tung Daphne, Fiction: Group 1
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eep to your stinky territory!” Hazelspot, the leader of yaks, cried out in the clearing of
Gobi Lakes Valley.
An elegant brown camel named Bao Yu sniffed. “The grassland is all ours! Keep out
of our territory!”
Bao Yu was the leader of Bactrian camels, who was now stamping her hoof, fuming. The
grassland was getting smaller and smaller as most of the animals fed on the grass. The two
leaders glared at each other, who had been fighting for the teeny meadow at Tian Shan Range.
A silvery streak sped into the open space. The speckles on the snow leopard’s fur shimmered
in the moonlight. Ivy, the snow leopard stared at the two hoofed mammals. Ivy trembled. Bao Yu
glanced at her and hissed, “Ivy! Go away!” Ivy scampered away fearfully. But the memory of the
two leaders, ready to slaughter, made her terrified…
At Ivy’s home, her mother, Amber was taking care of her newly born cubs, “Ivy, can you go to
Tian Shan Range to pick goyo fruits for your neighbour polecats?”
“Okay…” Ivy grunted.
“Oh thanks, freaking goyo fruits.” Ivy uttered under her breath on the way to Tian Shan
Range. Suddenly, a brown Gobi bear emerged in front of Ivy.
Ivy gasped. “Shruby? You scare me!”
Shruby, the fortune teller of the desert rasped, “Let me tell you something... I can smell a
storm brewing! It will scare the life out of you!” The thought sent shivers down Ivy’s spine. “But
don’t worry, peace will come after!” Shruby added. Ivy sprinted to Gobi Lakes Valley at once.
At the valley, the storm howled while the sand and dust swirled all over the place. The
shocked animals were bustling to find a shelter.
“Come! Here is a den. Forget the argument and get the animals here!” Ivy pleaded urgently.
Ivy guided the little animals to the den. Bao Yu helped to keep Amber’s mewling cubs safe
with another camel. Just when Bao Yu dashed to save a weak baby yak from being blown away,
she tripped over a rock. Hazelspot helped her up. Bao Yu sent a grateful glance to Hazelspot.
Every animal seemed to be helping each other at this disastrous moment. Ivy was looking for
Amber frantically when suddenly a rusty bronze box caught her eye. Ivy pounced on it and
clawed it open. Millions of glistening emerald-green grass seeds flew around and glided with the
howling wind. The green sparkles descended on the sand dunes and the grass magically budded.
The storm stopped at the same time.
Hazelspot was shocked, “Goodness! Look at the sand dunes. They all turned greeeeeeen!”
Everyone leaped in delight. The problem of overgrazing was solved in this era.
Bao Yu whispered to Ivy, “Thank you, young one. You have saved the Gobi animals!”
Ivy purred cheerfully to herself. “The prophecy from Shruby has come true! And I am the
heroine!”
Every Gobi animal enjoyed the peace that came after the sandstorm.
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