Sand-di-man
Sai Kung Central Lee Siu Yam Memorial School, Amber Diana Macafe Busby, Fiction: Group 2
K
aty Moore and Alison Dae reporting for duty!” said the two girls enthusiastically. They
loved their new job as secret agents. Their boss Jeff then told them their mission. He
said, ‘Girls I know this is only your second mission but this is serious. As you know,
China is being desertified. But as far as we know, it is not a matter of Mother Nature,
it is the evil Sand-di-man. Sand-di-man, as you may or may not know, is the crazy man-creature
who lives in the Gobi Desert. He is so crazy that he wants to desertify the world. He is starting off
with China.’
‘But why?’ Alison asked.
“Nobody knows,” said a lady. And she introduced herself, “I’m Miss Tiffany Garcia, agent of
this agency for seven years. I am going to help you girls defeat Sand-di-man.”
The girls left the agency and went to a nearby café with a big pile of documents to discuss
the matter.
When the girls were on the helicopter to the Gobi Desert, Alison was sleeping. Katy was eating
sweets and Tiffany was preparing something.
“We’re going to jump off the helicopter!” said Tiffany. Startled, Alison fell off the seat. The
girls were wide awake and alert. Before anyone could say anything, Tiffany started talking.
“All you have to do is jump off and pull the parachute. Now put on these goggles and
parachutes and wait for me.” When she finished, the two others nodded and did as she said.
Tiffany opened the door and counted down from five. When they landed on the sand, a wave of
relief washed over the two girls.
When they arrived at their temporary home, they found people waiting for them. As soon as
they greeted the people, they rushed them inside and showed them their room. Some people gave
them some goat milk and some food that they were not so fond of. They were not even sure if it
was actually edible. Katy was the first to have enough courage to eat it. Alison and Tiffany both
had a look of disgust on their faces. Katy gobbled up the slop in under two minutes.
“What is this made of?” Katy asked the villager.
“It’s made of…” he stopped as he was interrupted by a loud “baa” coming from a goat.
“But… never mind,” said Katy to the other girls.
“Let’s go to bed now, it’s getting dark,” said Alison. So the girls went to bed.
When Alison woke up, the other two were up already. Although the Gobi Desert looked the
same every way they looked at it, they still wanted to explore a bit more as it would help them
recognize the area better. So they got dressed, had breakfast and went off with their camels. The
villagers also warned them about the sandstorms that Sand-di-man was causing. Sand-di-man’s
sandstorms would last for three to five minutes while real sandstorms would last fifteen to thirty
or more minutes.
They didn’t go through any sandstorms that day. Maybe they were out of range for Sand-di-
man or maybe he was taking a rest today, they thought.
The next morning, the girls were ready to search for Sand-di-man’s lair. This time they used
their pulse finder. It was a little yellow machine disguised as a phone. As scientists discovered
that Sand-di-man had two hearts, all they had to do was to find two red dots next to each other.
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