The Diary of a Jerboa
Yew Chung International School - Primary Section, Sean Lee, Fiction: Group 2
My name is Jerry.
I am a Jerboa from the Gobi Desert.
I am a real animal.
This is one of my adventures from a long time ago.
On the 2nd of May 2004 there was big sandstorm.
I was only 2 years old when I was there with my brother, Sam who was then 5 years old.
We were gathering nuts and berries, when in the distance we saw the giant tornado of sand.
Sam and I quickly dug a deep hole in the sandy ground and jumped in.
We anxiously waited for it to go away.
The storm lasted a few hours.
We were starving when we got out so we decided to look for food.
That was the beginning of my adventure.
Sam was worried that Mum and Dad might be concerned because we were gone but he stopped
thinking as soon as we reached a little sand village.
I quickly scurried up to one of the houses to see if anyone was there, but it turned out no one
was there. In fact, the village looked like it had been deserted by the sandstorm.
Sam eventually found a house with a small plant growing through the cracks, that could be food.
We quickly ate it and continued exploring.
After a while it grew dark.
The sand looked blue as the moon came up and the temperature grew extremely cold.
Sam decided to stop walking and started to wander around looking for shelter.
As for me, I was looking around for more food.
I became exhausted and decided to give up.
When I got back Sam was building a little ditch with leaves on top.
“We will camp here tonight and try to make our way back home tomorrow,” said Sam and he
quickly fell asleep.
The sun came up and the day brightened.
Sam and I still had to find a way back home.
Yesterday the sand village made me think more about humans.
I had never seen one in my whole life.
I wanted to know more about them.
Then I heard Sam calling my name.
When I reached him he was staring wide-eyed at a village.
But it wasn’t just an ordinary village. It had people living inside. It was busy also.
There were merchants, maids, chefs, traders and many other people that I didn’t recognise.
Then all of a sudden one of the traders stopped.
He stared at Sam and I.
He did not look friendly.
Sam froze. He looked very shocked and scared.
