Magic Trip to Present and
Ancient Gobi Desert
Harrow International School Hong Kong, Samuel Lee, Fiction: Group 1
M
y friends Pankie, Nicholas, Frankie and I went on an amazing holiday to the Gobi
Desert in 2013. Four of us rode a giant camel with four humps into the desert.
When we were riding, we felt boiling hot and the wind was blowing towards us.
We hid under the camel. Between the legs of the camel we saw a tall and beautiful
mountain with a waterfall. We walked to the mountain and saw nothing but just sand on the
ground. It was just an image made by nature. It was a mirage!!! We were upset!
We walked on and saw some Gers – houses made by Mongolian people in the Gobi Desert. We
saw some Mongolian people and they invited us to their Ger. We were pleased at the Gers because
they were real. They made us some horse milk and traditional tea. While we were sipping the milk
and tea, we looked up at the ceiling and saw a fan turning really fast… the fan suddenly took us
through the roof and we went to the ancient Gobi Desert 100,000 years ago!
We found a gigantic dinosaur with a long neck, and we were frightened. But, it was friendly.
Before, I had read it in a book and its name was Apatosaurus. It only ate plants. The ancient
Apatosaurus let us ride onto it. I climbed up its neck and said “Hello” to it. Suddenly, we saw a
teeeeeny weeeeeny little green dot. It was a cactus!!! Then, we saw a big pile of water and it was a
water fountain!!! We were extremely thirsty and we jumped down to drink loads of water excitedly.
Afterwards, we walked on and came to a road. We saw a bus stop! We were curious and
waited to see if a bus really would come. A bus in golden camouflage did come!! The bus had a
sign that said “TO 2013 MONGOLIAN FAN”. I said “Goodbye” to the Apatosaurus and got on the
bus. It drove away, and on the way, we saw the water fountain again. We told the driver to stop
the bus and wait for us. We drank the water happily. We got back on the bus and it drove away.
Suddenly there was a sand tornado and it whirled us back to the 2013. The bus was parked
beside our giant camel. We rode the camel away from the Ger and saw our home just in front
of us!!! I looked into my pocket and saw some Apatosaurus eggs. That night I slept with them
and dreamt of the Gobi Desert 500,000 years ago! But it was just the sea! The eggs in my pocket
cracked and some baby dinosaurs came out. I was scared they would get drowned and I woke up. I
heard some sounds as loud as a horn and I opened my eyes. It was the telephone ringing!!!
