THE DREAM OF SURVIVAL
Stewards Pooi Kei Primary School, Lee Shun Yat Isaac, Fiction: Group 2
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ndie Dhabi Jones is an Arabian explorer. At night on 17th July, 2013, he was brushing his
teeth when he noticed a new kind of mouthwash near the sink in the bathroom. ‘Gobi Pure
Mouthwash?’ he said as he grabbed it. He didn’t notice the warning sign on the bottle that
read, ‘Don’t swallow. Nausea and other effects will be caused.’
He used the mouthwash and swallowed a drop of it! Later that night, while he was watching
TV, he gradually felt dizzy and fainted…
‘Umm…Where am I? Where is the TV?’ Indie asked himself, trying to sit up. He blinked and
realized he was in a gher! His situation became worse when he saw the calendar: 18th July, 2014!
He was in the future! ‘Oh, my gosh! What should I do?’He was starting to get worried. Indie peered
out of the warm gher. A vast, lava-hot desert appeared in front of him. A sign in the gher read
Welcome to the Gobi. Indie was shocked! ‘I’m in the Gobi?!’ The gher was abandoned, except for a
small Bactrian camel tied up outside. He was interested in this tame camel, knowing that it would
be essential to his survival. He called her Alice.
Indie gathered all the supplies he could find, including a small tent and a camel saddle. Once he
was ready, he rushed out of the gher, put the saddle on Alice, and they ventured out into the desert.
Indie heard someone shouting. ‘Help! Can somebody help me?’ He rushed to the scene and saw
a girl. She had fallen into an abyss lined with cacti and she was screaming. Luckily, Indie had a
long, thick rope and he threw it to the girl. Indie and Alice pulled tightly on the rope, but it stuck
to a cactus and they fell into the abyss, too, along with a Mongolian water bottle that was in
Alice’s saddlebag. ‘Who are you?’ Indie asked her. ‘I’m Lola and I’m in the Gobi doing research.I
was looking for gold in this cave, but my rope snapped and I fell.’
All of a sudden, the floor rumbled and they fell deeper into the abyss, screaming. Thump!
Directly in front of them was a high cave opening. They crept into the pitch-black opening, and
things completely changed. Lights lit up and ten stone pillars appeared. ‘We need to think of a
way outta here.’ Lola . She was very nervous.
Ahead was a dead end. Lola noticed that above the cave opening was a row of dust-covered
symbols carved into the rock.‘I study symbols. This symbol ‘
†
’ represents “A”.If we can spell out
words, we will find the way to escape.
Indie analyzed the symbols. ‘Oh dear…’ his eyes widened,“WARNING: BANDITS?!”
Suddenly, Lola heard footsteps and someone shuffling. Five black shadows leapt down from
the damp walls. They were bandits! ‘Crikey, I guess we are in grave danger.’ Indie gasped. An
armored bandit said in a deep voice, ‘This is my cave! I am the leader of the Bandito Clan, Sabi.
You will be brought to our base and shall be …executed!’ The bandits injected some blood-like
serum into Indie, Alice and Lola, at the same time, and they fainted one by one.
When they woke up, all around them were crates and boxes. ‘We’re in handcuffs!’ Indie cried,
‘And Alice is in a cage!’ Five minutes later, the door slammed open and out came Sabi. He forced
Indie, Lola and Alice out of the tent and onto some wooden pedestals. ‘We’re going to be executed.
They will light the log pilesaround us and we’ll be burnt alive! Wait a minute...a helicopter!
Behind those crates! We can escape in it.’ Lola whispered. Minutes later, Sabi roared, ‘The story of
the trespassing adventurers ends here.’ After that, Sabi hurled a torch onto the log pile closest to
