saw many iron snakes and iron scorpions, all crawling towards me. ‘Help! Help!’ I screamed. Jerry
found me and we ran back to the station, with all the snakes and scorpions following us. Daisy
came out of the station and told us to stand still. We did as we were told and all the snakes and
scorpions disappeared. ‘It’s a mirage. Mirage, you know?’ Daisy asked. ‘Mmm…I don’t know,’ I
answered. I took my book out and wanted to search for the word ‘mirage’.
Abruptly, there was a cyclone that blew Jerry and me up to the sky. We were very frightened
because we did not know what had happened. Then I found myself falling and finally fainted.
When I opened my eyes again, I saw my mum standing over me. Jerry was next to me in the bed.
‘Wake up, Steven. It’s time for school.’ I got up at once and was grateful that my adventure in the
Gobi Desert was a dream.
