The Mystery of the Camel Lisa
Harrow International School Hong Kong, Xavi Flectcher, Fiction: Group 1
A
long, long time ago there was a camel called da Vinci. He painted a famous painting
called Camel Lisa and told his two sons, Bob and Bill, to keep it safe. Years went by
then one night Bob and Bill were snoring so loudly Rank Frank sneaked in and stole
the camel Lisa!
In the morning all Bob and Bill did was panicked! Just then a disgusting smell rose from
where the painting had been. They instantly knew it was Rank Frank! They decide to go to where
Rank Frank lived - the Gobi desert. So they asked Sandy, a wild ass, “have you seen a rotten
camel called Rank Frank?” “No but I will help you.” “Really?” “I’m poor so I want to catch Rank
Frank - you get 1,000,000 dollars.” “Err I don’t think so. It says double that number!” “Fabulous!
But I don’t know where he lives, do you?” “Do you have a brain? Of course I don’t know Dumbo!”
While Bill and Sandy were arguing, Bob saw a huge wave of heat came down on them. Uh-oh
heat wave! Run for shade everyone! Bob and Sandy saw and Sandy screamed like a girl but more
squeaky! It was so funny Bill laughed for two days!
On the second day of laughing he said “who’s a squeaky jerboa?” “I am!” a voice came from a
tiny hole. Bill was so scared he jumped to the ceiling of the Mogao cave where they were staying
and a rock fell on Bob. Bob said nothing, not even ouch or a growl but his eyes were wide open
at the jerboa. “Hi, I’m Jerry the Jerboa” he said as he hopped out of the hole. “Now I see why the
cave’s name is Jerboa’s Hole,” said Bill trembling behind Sandy.
“Do you know where Rank Frank lives? He’s stolen the Camel Lisa!” “You painted the camel
Lisa?” said Jerry. “No but our dad did and that’s why Bill and I are here.” “So you aren’t a police
camel?” asked Sandy. Just then a bad smell wafted into the cave – Rank Frank!
Jerry’s ears flopped down to the ground and he scurried back into his hole. Bob sprinted
outside but banged into a saxaul tree and fell onto a button. A fortress door opened and there, red
as a rose but way browner, was Rank Frank! Rank Frank was silent for a moment. “Charge!” A
manky Asiatic Ibex came running at Bob. His antler got caught in the Camel Lisa. He tried to stop
but tripped over and the Camel Lisa went flying and landed in Bob’s hump. “Thanks!” Bob pressed
the button again and said “g’day”, locking Rank Frank and the manky ibex into the fortress
forever.
“Bill” shouted Bob. “I got the Camel Lisa back!” “And I got us a new home” said Bill, pointing
at the cave where a new sign said “Camels’ Cave”. They went into the cave and lived grumpily
ever after.
