An Incredible Experience
St. Paul’s Co-educational College Primary School, Hilary Tang, Fiction: Group 2
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ne day, I was getting ready for bed. I put on my pajamas and switched off the lights. I
soon fell asleep. Suddenly, the doorbell rang. I groaned and reluctantly got up to answer
it. Outside, a strange little man said in a high and squeaky voice, “Lucky one, you have
a free ticket to the Gobi Desert! The plane leaves at twelve noon. Do not be late!” And he
slammed the door in my face. The next morning at about ten, I started packing my bags. When I
finished, I hopped on a taxi and headed for the airport. However, despite the excitement, I had a
strange feeling, the kind you get when you think something is wrong, but I had no time to think
about it. I had already arrived.
The taxi screeched to a halt, and I headed towards my flight. I boarded the plane and soon it
took off. Suddenly, the strange feeling came to me again. Even though I am no stranger to flying,
I began to feel uneasy. But I soon fell asleep because I was too tired.
Suddenly, there was a loud bang which woke me up. There were cracks on the floor. I watched
in horror as the plane began splitting in two. Thinking fast, I unbuckled my seatbelt and put on my
life jacket. Unfortunately, I was too late. “Help!” I screamed as I fell down and down and down.
“Aaaaah! Save me!” I yelled until I hit the sand. I was in the middle of the Gobi Desert with
nothing more than a pack of tissues. I lay there, wondering if I was still alive. My left arm and
right leg were broken. The pain was excruciating. I tried to get up but failed. I decided to roll
instead. I rolled around for what like seemed forever. Suddenly, I spotted some mosquitoes. I knew
that water was not far. I kept rolling and rolling until...I felt something wet and heard a splashing
sound. There was a waterfall right in front of my eyes. I began drinking immediately. I bathed in
the water to clean my wounds. How strange it may seem, I didn’t feel any pain. I was cured! I saw
something shiny behind the waterfall! Although I knew that the force of the water crashing down
would be incredible, I was very curious. I walked to the edge of the waterfall, trying to think of a
way to slip in. I remembered in one of the movies a person went in a secret room by pushing one of
the rocks. I remembered a portal somehow opened up. So, I began pushing rocks. When I was about
to give up, a portal opened in the waterfall, and I was sucked in. “Aaaaah!!!” I screamed again. The
portal brought me to an oasis. I wasn’t wet despite the fact that I had just fell through a waterfall.
“Aaaaah!” I screamed bolt upright in bed. “Whew! What a crazy dream!” I said to myself. The
birds were singing, and the weather was beautiful. “Oops, I almost forgot… I need to catch my plane!”
