New Tales of the Gobi Desert
S.T.F.A. Ho Yat Tung Primary School, Lee Yat Sum, Fiction: Group 2
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nce upon a time, there was an explorer, Peter. He heard that Beijing had a big palace with
many interesting things inside. So, he wanted to go there. His family wanted to go there
too because they were interested in the kings and queens and wanted to know more.
They went on a plane from an England to Beijing. On the plane, they met Peter’s
friend, Tom. He was an explorer too. He knew about China and Mongolia very well. He said, ‘I can
take you to the palace. There are many fantastic things!’ But on the journey, the plane’s engine
stopped and the plane started to fall to the ground! Tom told the family to take the parachute and
jump out of the plane. They jumped and found themselves in the Gobi Desert.
Tom said, ‘We need to sleep here for a few days. I can build a tent.’ But Peter replied, ‘The
temperature here in the morning is very high but at night, it’s very low. And there are huge
worms that eat people!’ ‘We have clothes and the worms are nonsense!’ Tom said. That night,
they slept in the desert but a loud sound woke Peter up. He saw a small army dressed in heavy
armor coming towards them. Quickly, he woke his family and Tom up, and said, ‘There is a small
army coming! Let’s hide!’ Tom added, ‘They are the army of the Gobi Desert King. They will kill
anyone who is found in the desert!’ They quickly hid behind a stone. Unfortunately, one soldier
found them and brought them to the king. The king was dressed in a huge helmet and golden
armor from his neck to feet. He asked, ‘Where do you come from? Why did you come here?’ Peter
answered nervously,’ Ou...Our pl...plane crashed in the Gobi Desert. We come in peace.’ The king
said, ‘Mmm, I believe you, but according to the law, you should be sentenced to death. But if you
mean no harm, I will just throw you into prison for the rest of your lives.’
The soldiers took them into the prison beneath the king’s castle. After the soldiers closed
the door, Peter’s wife asked, ‘What should we do now?’ Tom answered, ‘We should find a way
to escape but I don’t know how. A ha! I know! We can use our mobile phones to contact the
government of England! Oh no, the mobile phones cannot work here.’ At that moment, a soldier
came in and said, ‘My name is Aragan. I’m here to help you escape. Don’t tell anyone. I can give
you some information about King Arkrabaha. He has a secret. He met a powerful wizard a long
time ago. He forced the wizard to make him immortal (never die). However, the wizard did not
like the king so he made a magic sword. If it is broken, Arkrabaha will be destroyed. Oh, I forgot
to tell you. When the wizard died, the King took all of his magic so you should be careful of him.
He controls the Gobi Army with dark magic. But luckily, I broke the spell with the wizard’s sword
deep inside the dungeon.’
‘Thank you! But what should we do now?’ asked Peter. Aragan replied, ‘You should rest now.
Tomorrow, we will go to the dungeon together. I need to go now.’ He went out of the room and left.
The next day, they went down to the dungeon together but on the way they met Arkrabaha.
The king used magic to throw Aragan against a wall and he fell down. Arkrabaha did the same to
the rest. Then Aragan shot an arrow to the king and the king fell down. They ran to the dungeon
and found the sword. When they were trying to break it, the king appeared and said, ‘The sword
can only be destroyed by magic so you can’t destroy it! Ha ha ha!’ Then, he threw a fireball
at Peter and Peter used the sword to hit the fireball. They crashed together and the sword was
broken by the fireball! Arkrabaha fell on the ground. Something like fog covered the king and he
