The Adventure to the Gobi Desert
S.K.H. Yuen Chen Maun Chen Primary School, Nok Hang Cheung, Fiction: Group 2
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octor, you will go to the Gobi Desert to find fossilized dinosaur eggs with Gordon
tomorrow,” said my secretary, “Gordon is your guide there.”
“Nice to meet you, Doctor John.” said Gordon. “The next morning we will take the
plane XL734 to Mongolia at half past eight. When we arrived at Gobi province, we will
buy two Bactrian camels and start our wonderful journey.”
“Oh, I see,” I said and took a map from my book shelf, “We will walk through the main area of
this big desert. Finally we will come back to Hong Kong. I hope we can find some fossils.”
“Yes,” Gordon answered. “I’ve already been to Gobi Desert for several times. I went there with
scientists or archaeologists for four times, but we could not find any dinosaur skeletons. I hope
that we will find some dinosaur skeletons this time. We will meet at the airport, okay?”
“Yes,” I answered, “Bye and see you tomorrow!” Then he opened the door and went out of
my office.
The next day, I went to the airport with my luggage by bus. I met Gordon at the check-in
counter. On the plane, I said to Gordon, “We should start our trip in the Gobi Desert after taking
off the plane immediately.”
“I agree,” said Gordon. “However we should buy two camels first. Since driving is not safe in a
huge and horrible sandy desert, the engine may overheat or wheels may become stuck.”
“This place is so hot! I want to die…” I shouted in the desert with a two-hump camel after
crossing the desert. Gordon laughed, “Well, this hell place will be colder than the North Pole at
night! Haha!”
We rode our camels along the sand dunes. The sky overhead was very clear without clouds.
The dunes changed shapes as the wind blew the sand about. We saw several Mongolian tents and
Mongolian herders. I asked them, “Hello, we come from Hong Kong. Can we rent a tent for tonight?”
“Ni men shi hui?” One of them said. “Wo ting bu dong ni shuo shen me.”
I knew that he was speaking Putonghua. So, I asked him again in Putonghua, “Oh, we come
from Hong Kong. We would like to rent a tent to sleep here tonight.”
Finally, I could communicate with him successfully. He gave me a warm welcome and let us
enter a Mongolian tent. At night, his family invited us to have dinner with them. We ate some
mutton and they were very delicious. They also taught us the Mongolian tents called yurts.
Moreover, they did not use precious water to wash dirty dishes. They cleaned the dishes by
rubbing them with sand.
After dinner, I said to Gordon, “I think something may be going wrong in this trip.”
“I don’t think so,” Gordon answered, “We eat yummy food and look at the beautiful stars of
Mongolian sky. Perhaps we will find some dinosaur fossils later.” He went to his bed and said
“Good night” to me.
The next day, we left the Mongolian tribe early in the morning. We carried on our trip. We rode
camels and tried to find the Mongolian valley of the dinosaur fossils. The daytime temperature was
high with dry and hot waves. We could only find some grass in the barren region.
“Oh! There is a sandstorm coming. We must walk fast!” Gordon said and looked at the
sandstorm. It was big and moved as fast as a leopard. Some long-eared hedgehogs were escaping
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