New Tales of Gobi Desert
S.T.F.A. Ho Yat Tung Primary School, Leung Yuk Kwan, Fiction: Group 2
M
y classmates and I visited the Hong Kong Science Museum. We were very excited
because we had never been there before. There was a tour guide who took us to
different places in the museum. Can you guess who she is? She is our class teacher, Miss
Mussurelli, who is clever and kind. She can always solve problems that we can’t solve.
We learnt a lot in the museum, especially at the puzzle area, the magic mirror and the Magic
Making Cupcakes World.
We arrived at the puzzle area. Something caught my eye. a silver heart-shaped button on
the wall. I was curious about that and I pressed the button. Suddenly, the floor shook like an
earthquake and we were all scared. Then we fell into a gigantic hole and we felt very dizzy.
My friend Cindy shouted, “Come! Come and see where we are now. We are in a desert. I think
it’s the Gobi Desert!”
We walked and walked. We were tired and exhausted. I was ashamed that I should not have
touched that button in the museum.
We felt hot and thirsty. We were sweating like it was raining cats and dogs.
We then arrived in a big pond in the Gobi Desert. Cindy was surprised because a pond
appeared in the desert. We were playing in the water and drinking water from the pond to forget
about our unhappiness.
Afterwards, we started worrying again. “How can we go back to the museum? How can we
return there?” Problems came out of our mind one after another.
Luckily, Miss Mussurelli is so clever and smart. She had an idea. “We can ask Dr. Max for
help. He knows everything about all the deserts in the world. If we try our best to get out of the
desert, we can do it!” said Miss Musurelli firmly.
We took out our magic time telephone and called Dr. Max.
“Dr. Max’s speaking! How can I help you?” said Dr. Max with his slow and low voice.
Cindy told Dr. Max where we were and why we were in the desert. Dr. Max stopped and
thought about our problems.
He said in a calm voice, “If you want to go out of the Gobi Desert, you must work together.
First, walk to a place called Cherry Mountain. It is 3.69 miles from Gobi Pond to the bottom of
the mountain.”
“Climb up the mountain and get three huge golden cherries from the tree on top of the
mountain. Then, go down the other side of the mountain and you will see a cross and an arrow
very close to each other on the ground.” Dr Max continued talking and became very serious in
his voice.
“You need to be very careful because if you step on the cross lightly, you will fall into a deep
valley and can never come out again. Dr. Max frowned with worry on his face. All of you stomp
your feet together on the arrow three times. A staircase will appear in the middle of the mountain.
You will then walk down the long and winding broken staircase.”
“It is dark and no light is inside, so you need to get all the cherries out, then put them on top of
your palm. After that, they will became very bright and you can use them as torches.” Dr. Max kept
on going with the instructions. “Eat a bit of the cherry when you were hungry then you will be full.
