New Tale of the Gobi Desert
S.T.F.A. Ho Yat Tung Primary School, Fung Pak Wai, Fiction: Group 2
I
n a scorching desert, a team of camels is walking through this desolate place with some
merchants and heavy goods. They walk slowly and laboriously just like the turtles walking
with their heavy shells. These merchants are heading to Ulaanbaatar to sell goods and they
are now going through the Gobi Desert which is really a desolate place. You cannot see
anyone as you walk on the top of the sand dunes. Walking in this wasteland, you would feel that
you need to walk forever.
The captain of these merchants is Baldwin Graford. Graford is a really grumpy guy because
he always shouts loudly to other merchants. He has an assistant called Anderson Kantor who
always butters him up so Graford never shouts at him. But actually, Kantor is a hypocritical and
malignant person who always wants to be the leader. And this trip is the best chance for Kantor
to kill Graford off. There is also a merchant called Jerry Henson who hates Kantor very much, so
Kantor wants to kill him off too. But he decided to liquidate their leader, Graford, first.
The trip in the Gobi Desert is really harsh. Sometimes, they can barely see the head of the
camel when there is a sandstorm. They walk for nearly three days but they haven’t seen any
towns or buildings yet. The camels and the merchants are terribly tired so they get rest near a
short tree. But they eat just a little food because the naughty sand goes into their mouth and they
can taste nothing except the saltiness of the sand. They can’t even open their eyes without the
shelter of a piece of cloth. They want to be a camel because they can stand in the desert in an
unruffled posture, but they can just imagine it. Soon, they leave that place and start their journey
again. A merchant called Henry Marc asks their leader, Graford, ‘Why do we need to walk...’ But
he stops asking his question as he knows Graford will shout at him again. He wants to finish this
trip right now but he couldn’t, because no one can see a plane or even a person walking in the
desert except themselves.
In the night, they set up a tent near a sand dune and lay on the ground quickly because
they are exhausted. Soon, everyone is asleep and there is a loud snoring sound in the tent. But
Anderson Kantor is very excited as he can do his ‘job’ soon. He pretends to sleep and wait until
Graford is sleeping soundly. After half an hour, he takes out his dagger and wants to kill Baldwin
Graford. But suddenly, Graford wakes up and he sees him. Kantor is frightened but he hides his
dagger quickly so Graford doesn’t see it. Graford asks, ‘What are you doing here, Kantor?’ Kantor
answers, ‘I’m going to go to the toilet, sir.’ So Graford goes to sleep again. Kantor goes out of the
tent quickly and plans how to put his plan into action, but he thinks, ‘If I do this in the tent, the
other merchants will know he is killed by someone in the team, and maybe they will think I’m the
suspect of this killing.’ So he decided to put his plan off.
The next day, when everyone is awake, they set off again. But unfortunately, they left a bag
of food at the place where they slept. Graford said, ‘You guys are useless! How can you leave a
bag of food there? Come on! Kantor, let’s go back!’ Actually, Kantor left the bag of food there
deliberately, since he knew if Graford wants to take or buy something, he would go there with
Kantor only so it is a good chance for Kantor to kill Graford off. They walk back to the place
where they sleep. On the way, Kantor is planning how to put his plan into action. He walks behind
Graford and take his dagger out...
