The Desert Dream
Queen Elizabeth School Old Students’ Association Primary School, Steven Leung, Fiction: Group 2
I
went to the Gobi Desert last Christmas holiday. I was very excited but I was also a little
scared to be alone in the desert because I knew it was sometimes dangerous. I had always
wanted to go there and take some photos. I arrived there by airplane. On the ground, the first
thing I noticed was how big the sun looked and the enormous amount of sand everywhere. I
was very amazed.
The desert was full of sand and cactus. I was running around in the desert when all of a
sudden; I saw a group of snakes. I felt scared at first but luckily I remembered I had some grenades
in my bag, left over from my military training camp. I threw some grenades at the snakes. With a
huge blast, snakes flew into the sky. I didn’t worry about snakes after that. In the end, I felt very
thankful for my military training and my grenades because in the end, they saved my life. And
so I set off again, ready to begin my amazing adventure into the Gobi Desert.
I was walking on a giant sand dune at the hottest time of the day. I wanted to find some
people to help me because I was thirsty and hungry. When all of a sudden, a giant sandcastle
rose up from out of the sand. It was the most beautiful thing that I had ever seen in my life. The
sandcastle was gigantic. It had different colors all over its walls. I was very surprised. It was
perfect as if it was created by God. I decided to walk inside. There were a lot of terrifying weapons
hanging along the entrance. Just then, I saw some people. They didn’t look very friendly. I wanted
to run away, but they saw me. I think they wanted to kill me. Luckily, I got away. At that moment
I knew if I didn’t keep running, those sand people would catch and kill me.
Just when I was about to give up all hope of escaping from the sand people, the most amazing
thing happened. As I was running for my life, suddenly everything started changing. I saw
something green flash in my eyes and then a tree appeared right in front of me. I stopped running
and discovered to my shock I was in a great forest. I couldn’t believe my eyes because I knew there
was no way a forest could be growing in the middle of a desert. I started to explore. The forest was
so big, I couldn’t go around it. Suddenly, I saw a fairy. I was surprised. The fairy was as small as
a firefly and was glowing. I started walking towards the fairy when I noticed a magic door. There
was a bright light shining from behind the door. I looked around but the fairy was gone. I decided
to close my eyes and open the door. I walked through the doorway. When I opened my eyes, I
discovered I was on my bed. The whole thing had been a dream. I couldn’t believe it, everything
had felt so true. I knew I would have another magic adventure to the desert again soon.
Going to the Gobi Desert was the most exciting trip I have ever been on. I am so happy I got
to have this experience and I want to go back for my next holiday. I will never forget this trip.
