New Tales of the Gobi Desert
PLK Lam Man Chan English Primary School, Susan Limbu, Fiction: Group 2
I
am writing an adventure of the Gobi Desert. As a journalist, my task was to find a dinosaur
egg. That sounds impossible, but I am going to make it possible. Going to the Gobi desert was
fun, it was really a good adventure. I went with my helpers. We stayed in the Gobi desert for
five days.
As I was heading to Mongolia, I saw camels through the train window. I have never seen a
real life camel ever before so it was exciting. I finally arrived in the Gobi desert. The Gobi desert
looked really plain to me. While walking in the Gobi desert, I was interested in insects that were
in the desert. I took a lot of photos of bugs and spiders. My helpers wanted to ride on a camel. We
rode it gently so it wouldn’t hurt us. The weather was sunny. We drank a lot of water.
When we walked along the desert, we found a place to stay. We found a helpful Mongolian
family who let us stay in their home and we thanked them. It was getting dark. The stars looked
so pretty. I had never seen such amazing star nights before.
The next day, we left the Mongolian house and went a bit farther. My helpers and I decided
to find a dinosaur bone. We dug out the sands and searched for hours. One of my helpers finally
found a dinosaur bone. It was small, but it was worth it. We looked for more dinosaur bones to
collect. I found a huge dinosaur tooth. It was sharp. Of course my task was to find a dinosaur egg
not a tooth, but still I took it home. Another helper of mine found a dinosaur bone. This time it
was huge. It was taller than me. We all had no idea how to take it with us! We felt thirsty on our
way home. There wasn’t much water in the Gobi desert. We had to walk a long way to find an
oasis. As I was walking, I felt dizzy, I couldn’t walk anymore. I had fainted.
When I opened my eyes, I was in a tent. My helpers were with me. I was happy. They worked
hard to drag me and the dinosaur bone using all their strength. I found out that there was some
water left in the bottle. I gave it to my helpers for appreciation. I kept thinking all night “What if
I don’t find the egg?’’. I knew it was hard, but it was my task and I didn’t want to give up so fast.
There is still three more days to go.
On the third day, the wind was strong. My helpers and I were worried. The Gobi desert doesn’t
have much rainfall. It rarely rains. We went walking far again. This time we went so far. When I
was walking, I saw a few houses. I was surprised. Me and my helpers went to the village. We were
invited by a little boy to stay at his house for a few days. We asked the boy’s mother why they love
to live in the desert. She said the people here love to see the sunset and the stars here, even though
it’s a dangerous place for them. She told me I can find them in the deeper of the desert sands if
I look at it carefully. I remembered her words in my mind. I also found some travelers who were
staying at this village. The travelers decided that we all work together to find what we want.
The next day, the other travelers had camels. They wanted us to ride it. Riding on camels was
really cool. I was really bad at riding camels unfortunately. I saw some Gobi bears in our way.
They didn’t saw us luckily. The mom was right. I saw the morning sunrise. It was beautiful. I kept
taking photos on our way. I felt like staying in Gobi desert forever, but I have to go back home
too. As we walked along the road, I felt the nice breeze. I felt like flying through the sky.
When we were walking, we stopped for a while to rest, but I decided to look for the dinosaur
egg. Suddenly while I was walking, I saw a cave. I was curious what was inside the cave and I
