Lost Pages from the Gobi
Desert Journals
Macau Anglican College, Felicia Chan, Fiction: Group 2
A few lost pages of the journals written in the Gobi desert in the 2700s were found.
December 34, 2705, Wednesday, Sunny
Today, Mageia and I travelled to the Altai mountains, a mountain range in East-Central Asia,
where Russia, China, Mongolia and Kazakhstan come together, and where the headwaters of the
rivers Irtysh and Ob are. We came by a Konmi, a kind of transportation that is a cross between
a car and a plane invented in 2368. The view was breathtaking and beautiful. In Turkic and
Mongolic languages; the name Altai means the “Golden Mountain.” The sunshine made the snow
glint, like silver, and little green shoots of grass have started to push up from the earth, making
the mountain green and white. The smells of the earth was strong. I have never seen or heard
anything so natural before. The cities are too polluted and wars have started. Mammy said that
one day the world would soon fight itself to the end.
Meanwhile my friend Mageia is sprouting facts of the Altai mountains, “You know what? I
am so excited! It has been my greatest dream to see the Altai Mountains and travel far and wide!
It is home to a diverse fauna, because of its different habitats, like steppes, northern taigas and
alpine vegetation. Steep slopes are home to the Siberian ibex, and their horns are all curvy like
this!” She made a gesture of their horns and continued, “They have also been known to seek out
tree lines on hot days, but they don’t enter the forested areas because they prefer to return to their
homes when the weather is cool. When snow is heavy, they have to paw away snow to reach the
vegetation below. And the rare argali is found on more gentle slopes. Deer are represented by five
species…” her voices died away as I am thinking now of the best way to continue the next leg of
our journey.
Dear diary, I am now sitting on the sand around a campfire writing to you, just to tell you,
nothing else happened except for that boring lecture delivered by the “boring professor”, Dr.
Mageia. And my dear diary, next we are going to find the village of Xang Nag, the group of
people who settled in the desert a century ago.
Fia Everdeen
May 30, 2734, Sunday, Cloudy
Great news! Today in the North China Plain, we found a Monabotoraus’s fossil. The Monabotoraus
was a dinosaur species first discovered in the 2600s by Professor Chase. They are small reptilian
dinosaurs with long legs and short hands; they have four thumbs and one finger. They are also
rare and best known for their good skills in camouflaging and hiding. You can walk right pass
them and don’t even notice!
