The Blue Moon of Gobi
Macau Anglican College, Hilary Chan, Fiction: Group 2
W
hen I was looking at the old world map, wondering at such a vast desert in China,
my grandpa suddenly patted me on the shoulder. I was terrified and screamed,
“Ahhhhhhh!” Grandpa laughed and laughed until I cried out in anger, “you scared
me!” Grandpa Joseph loves to scare people like a small kid does. But when he
noticed that I was really angry, he calmed me down, “Easy…. little girl, time for an exciting story.”
He took a glance at the map, at where I was spotting last. I plopped down on my seat and got
ready for another of Grandpa’s marvelous stories about animals or mysteries!
“The story began on a foggy Sunday, in New York. Timothy and his best friend Juliet were at
the library looking for some information to finish their project. When they opened a book called
“Treasures in the World”, an old, crinkle and dirty paper fell out. Juliet picked it up and carefully
examined it. She found out that it was a map to a treasure called the “Blue Moon” hidden in the
Gobi Desert. They studied the map and finally decided that it would be a great and interesting
adventure. So, they packed and went all the way from New York to Mongolia. From Mongolia,
they walked all the way to Gobi Desert.
When they arrived, they only saw golden eagles flying around and black-tailed gazelles
running. They were surprised to see a lot of empty houses but with no human around. Since they
couldn’t ask anyone, they took out the map and studied it. A golden eagle then landed on the map
and made noises like trying to talk to them. Both Juliet and Timothy had special powers. Timothy
was so strong and powerful that he could lift up anything and Juliet could talk to animals.
“Do you have a name?” she asked the eagle.
The eagle replied, “My name is Gold and I am the leader of all eagles here.”
“Do you know about the treasure?”
“It was said long time ago a precious diamond was hidden in the Gobi Desert. Many explorers
tried to find it but they all vanished afterwards. A few days ago, some men riding the Bactrian
camel had come to rob everyone and kidnap the children. They were forcing the people to help
them find the treasure.” Gold looked sad and helpless.
Juliet and Timothy were wrathful. They invited Gold to join their exploring group and
promised they would help to save the children..
They stayed in one of the empty houses for the night. Early the next morning, they began
their dangerous journey. Their first stop was the Cactus Forest. On their way, they saw a snow
leopard chasing a black-tailed gazelle. The gazelle cried for help, “He’s one of those men’s
leopards, trying to catch me back to his masters!” Timothy was furious to see that. He picked up
the snow leopard, and all the way, he kicked it to the other side of the desert. The black-tailed
gazelle told them that she was called Christy and the men were trying to catch her because she
knew where the treasure was. Christy thanked them by leading them the way to the Cactus Forest.
The poison cactuses were fatal. They saw a marbled polecat accidentally touched one and right
away, it died. But as they followed Christy’s steps carefully in the Cactus Forest, they finally
passed through it safely.
According to the map, the next spot they needed to go to was the Goyo Plants City. Christy
was alarmed, “The men are already there. Their head Howard will kill anyone that goes in the
