The Buried Secret
Macau Anglican College, Catherine Kuong, Fiction: Group 2
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here was once a girl named Abby who lived in a small village next to the Gobi Desert.
Her parents were working on a project there. Although she lived next to it, she never
went in the Gobi. But she always wished to experience how it was like in a huge desert.
According to the research of Abby, she learnt that the first dinosaur egg was found there.
That made her even more eager to go.
So one day, she asked her mom, “Am I allowed to the Gobi Desert with you?” Her mom looked
shocked and said, “Abby, do you know how big and dangerous it is in the Gobi? No, you can’t go
with me! If you go there by yourself, you’ll get lost.” But Abby didn’t surrender. She decided to go
by herself, even though she knew her mom would be furious when she knew about that.
Abby silently packed her bag with two bottles of water, some food, a map, a thick blanket
and a hat. Since she was already thirteen, she wasn’t scared. She tiptoed out the door and off she
went, to the Gobi Desert. On the way, Abby walked past the big leaves, bushes and tall trees. After
one day, she came to see a wooden sign written “The Gobi Desert”, under the bright sun hanging
above the sand, cactuses and camels.
She was excited at seeing such a great scene. She walked into the dry desert; she ran to
the camels and patted them on their humps. She could feel how dirty the camels were, and she
thought “I hope I won’t be as dirty as the camels soon...”
At first, Abby had no problem in the dry land. But soon, as the sun went down and the moon
came up, it was really cold there. She heard a strong wind blowing around her, so she took out her
thick blanket and put it around herself. But it didn’t help much, the sand was blown over her face
and she felt herself moving towards one side. Suddenly she thought, “What am I here for? I want
to go home, I can’t stay here forever.” Her mom was right, she really got lost. She tried to find the
way back, but she could not. Everywhere in the desert became exactly the same. All she needed
was a compass, but she did not bring one. Poor Abby was too tired, she decided to just lay on the
dirty ground with her thick blanket which was actually not too thick after all, and she fell asleep.
However, the horrible weather at night was a big disturbance and she woke up in the middle
of the night. “What am I going to do?” she thought, and she started crying. “I really hope I’ve
listened to my mom and not have come here! Now what should I do?” She was scared but her fear
was still struggling with her desire inside her heart. “Since I’m already here, why don’t I make the
most of it?”
At dawn, her desire won. Abby started walking through the desert, looking for some fun until
she fell over a big rock. She looked at the rock and said, “This rock is so weird. It has patterns on
it! Let me keep it!” She carried the rock in her arms. Suddenly, she had a strange feeling about the
rock. She stared at the rock curiously until she saw a crack. “What is this?” she thought. A few
seconds later, she saw another crack. This time, it was a bigger crack and little by little, the rocked
cracked open in two halves. Abby discovered that the rock wasn’t a rock at all! It was a dinosaur
egg! An adorable baby dinosaur hatched out! “So cute!” shouted Abby with surprise. “It’s amazing!
I can’t believe my eyes!”
However, Abby was tired soon and her fear overcame her excitement. She walked with
no direction. Luckily, Abby had the dinosaur baby with her. She fed him with some food she
