New Tales of the Gobi Desert
The Story of the Great Journey
S.K.H. Fung Kei Primary School, Kwok Yee Lam, Fiction: Group 2
A
long time ago,before land rovers were born,crossing the great Gobi Desert was the
second most difficult things to do.Nobody ever thought of crossing it except for one
extraordinary Mongolian explorer, Oyunbileg,you might think Oyunbileg is a boy’s
name but it is not.It was a girls name!She had long brown hair,a pair of the most
attractive eyes.Many boys mock at her that she can never achieve that dream when she was little
,so she was determinated to pursue her dream of crossing the desert.
She began her quest to be the first woman to ever cross the desert.As she waved goodbye to
her friends and family her best friend ,Bayarmaa,decided to go with her. Bayarmaa was crafty
and pretty ,she had the same dream as the hero of our story.They brought enough water for two
people to last a month,but the young friends didn’t know what dangers are ahead.It is filled with
dangerous creatures.It is cold but dry,endless yet nasty.
They were not very far from home,when a snow leopard attacked them in their camp. They
were frightened by it’s drooling fangs and it’s terrifying claws.They knew it was starving for
fresh blood.The girls screamed as the leopard snapped and growled at them ,Just then they got the
same brilliant idea. Oyunbileg threw a piece of meat into the campfire they built before the attack.
The snowy beast turned,walking hungrily towards it. Bayaarma took a knife and with one swift
singlle cut,killed the hungry animal.They were safe...for now.
The next camp they built was near a lot of coprolite.In those days they aren’t worth much but
great for fires.The explorers were overjoyed ,but they don’t know what they are made of.
After a long and ambitious journey ,they finally arrived at the middle of the desert.Bayarmaa
had a thought on the way there ,she thought she should be the first to cross the desert,she
said:’Oyunbileg,It is too cold,I think you should go back ,i will go on.’Oyunbileg wasn’t a genius
but she wasn’t stupid.She knew what her travelling companion meant:She wanted herself to be
first to cross the great desert.But she didn’t let her best friend know she knew.
They saw an oasis.They were over filled with joy,because everything they encountered so
far were sand and snow leopards As they entered the oasis they saw the most marvelous sight.
Colourful ,exotic berries lined lush green bushes.There were even berries the shape of cups and
some of bubbles that float.Tall trees with violet flowers are surrounding a crystal clear lake.The
girls ran over to it.But it was a weird that it was not frozen.There were even fishes with fins of
teal and scales of silver.The algae were perfect shaded green,waving,dancing as though they are
alive.They knew there was something weird about this oasis because the wonderful lake was not
frozen.So they grabbed their camels and took off and continued on their journey. But they soon
found out their camels had eaten some poisonious berries because they died with red and blue
berry juice on their poisoned snouts.The camel’s corpses were cold as ice,and as blue as the berries
they ate.They continued their journey on foot.
Oyunbileg had a nightmare when she was sleeping.In her dream,a girl screamed as she saw a
green monster ,the face of it was her friend’s ,it attacked her and she woke up when it’s morning
On the way they saw a tiny crater in the sand.Three speckeled eggs lay in the nest,suddenly
