The Adventure in the Gobi Desert
St Margaret’s Co-educational English Secondary and Primary School, Annalise Chung Wing,
Fiction: Group 2
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laire attempted to zip up her suitcase. Bryony, always the sporty one, went over to help
her friend.
“Claire, it’s just a trip to the historical site in the Gobi Desert! Zip!” and Claire’s
suitcase closed.
“I know! But I bet I’ll be sweating very much, so I need to pack more clothes and shampoo…”
Claire babbled. Violet and Bryony shook their heads.
On the plane to southern Mongolia, the girls read a guidebook about the Gobi Desert “The
Gobi Desert is a giant desert that covers parts of northern and north-western China and southern
Mongolia. It is the fifth largest desert in the world and its area is 1,300,000 km2!” Bryony recited.
“So, we’re searching for dinosaur eggs in 1,300,000km2?!” Claire worried.
Violet responded “No! There’s a site where archeologists have found clues about the dinosaur
eggs. Roy Chapman found the first dinosaur eggs and archeologists want to find more.”
The plane landed and the girls boarded a jeep that their university had organized for them.
The driver brought them to the hotel before going to the site. “Be sure to bring a backpack with
water and clothes to change. Pack light!” the jeep sped off. “Be back in an hour!”
Inside the room, Claire wanted to explore the luxurious hotel so she went outside. When she
opened the door, she saw a piece of paper fell to the ground. She pulled it out and read it: “Beware
the Gobi Desert.” Claire shivered with fright, what could this mean? She quickly went back to tell
her friends about the note. Bryony was speechless, the only person who was calm was Violet.
“Don’t over-react, pack more water and some torches, Claire, just in case.” Violet said.
“Call the site manager about the note, Bryony, and ask him what we should do.” Violet said,
calming her friends’ nerves. They did as Violet said and soon went down to the jeep to set off to
the site.
“I received your message about the note.” Brian, the site manager said.
“Just be careful in the desert, it is a desert after all. But for now, I believe you should take
notes to do your reports, no?”
The sun was so strong that the girls were sweating from head to toe. Claire kept complaining
while the others studied the site and took notes. Claire retrieved a fan and started cooling herself
and her friends. Bryony and Violet whined a thank you and took a drink from their bottles. They
continued to dig.
“Thud!” something…different jarred against her shovel.
“Hey! I think I found something!” Violet gently scraped sand away from what appeared to be
dinosaur eggs.
Brian carefully wrapped the eggs. “Take one, show them to your professor!” Brian gave them
an egg, his smile was from ear to ear.
Night soon came. The girls’ jeep arrived to pick them up.
Two hours passed. “Mr. Driver, when are we reaching the hotel?” Bryony asked politely.
The driver turned around and shot a sly look at them. “We’re here!” the driver snickered.
Claire remembered the note and she showed it to Violet and Bryony. They understood
