HKYWA 2014 Online Anthology (Fiction 1-2) - page 500

with sand dunes and rocks. They called themselves “Nomad” which means always move from here
to there.
From the day end of city Paradise, all people believed that there were four punishment terms
had been continued till today, therefore all people lived in Gobi Desert must overcome many
challenges and difficulties.
First, Gobi Desert has a little water but which is always murky or not be safe to drink. Second
is the food is scarce, just like boiled noodles with a broth of goat milk. The people always milking
sheep and goats as their main job, and they sleep in a gel which is a big tent for Nomadic. Nomad
always under the sunburn for a long period of time at day, the temperature is over 95 degrees F,
at night, the temperature will decrease to -120 degrees F. And there often windy, has sand storms
in summer and ice storms in winter. These poor living terms are punished for the wastage of food,
and the wastage of water passed from the Paradise ancestry.
Third, there are different kinds of plants in Gobi Desert, but most of them are desert
shrubberies, not many plants will bloom. This is the punishment of not caring of plants of
Paradise ancestry, they previously always cut and burnt the plants, they had not protect the
natural environment.
The last rumor is that Gobi Desert has many special animals, but all are cruel, dangerous and
harmful to humans, such as wolves, brown bears and snow leopards. Especially the Mongolian
death worm, it is a red, big furious worm, which can spit acidic liquid and can electrocute
creatures and humans, it may shock several meters away to the prey and who will die at once.
This worm lives with viper and poisonous spider. All people in Gobi Desert are much scared of
this worm. This is the punishment of the Paradise ancestry abused the animals previously.
Nowadays, Gobi Desert is a place with harsh and unforgiving environment. Gobi Desert is also
full of legends, rumor and mystery.
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