Where is our new home?
St Margaret’s Co-educational English Secondary and Primary School, Lam Hei Yin Cheryl,
Fiction: Group 1
D
elta! Delta! I’m EXTINCT 7788. We’ve successfully landed on the S.System 003 Planet,”
EXTINCT 7788 called.
“The exact location is a waterless place, the Gobi Desert, 42.59 N 103.43 E,”
EXTINCT 5354 added.
“Good luck for your mission,” Delta replied.
In the early afternoon, the two thin tall creatures came out from their spaceship. The two
creatures did not have eyes, ears, noses, mouths or hair. They looked glossy from the top to the
bottom like shiny metals.
The creatures walked across several sand dunes to collect samples. They collected various cells
of different animals and plants such as a snow leopard and a saxaul tree in the desert. Then, they
planned to collect cells of human beings.
Before they approached the nomadic family, the creatures duplicated the faces and the
bodies of the human beings to transform. EXTINCT 7788 turned into a tourist called Uudam and
EXTINCT 5354 turned into a camel called Urshikale.
As soon as they arrived at the nearest yurt, the sky suddenly turned dark. The wind was
moving strongly. It was a sandstorm! Frightened yelling and terrified screaming from the nomadic
family spread everywhere. Everyone was urged to take shelter in the nearest yurt. Uudam raised
up his hand toward the storm and moved his hand in a circle direction. Finally, the fierce wind
gradually calmed down. After the sandstorm, the nomadic family came out from their yurts.
Meanwhile, they saw Uudam and Urshikale. The nomadic family welcomed them.
That night, Uudam chatted with the nomadic family in Mongolian and Putonghua. Uudam
said he got lost in the desert during his travels. So the nomadic family taught Uudam how to get
to the nearest attraction for help. During the conversation, the nomadic family also mentioned
that they were going to move on the next day to a new home due to desertification. Uudam had no
idea about desertification.
An elder of the family sighed, “I’ve heard that desertification is caused by droughts, climate
change and overgrazing. Nowadays, more than one quarter of our country is either covered by
desert or is land that is suffering desertification. Without soil, we and our livestock are not able to
survive anymore.”
Another family member added, “The government is creating a “Great Green Wall” to prevent
desertification. It may control the problem …”
The next morning, Uudam said farewell to the nomadic family and returned to the spaceship
with Urshikale. From the sky, they saw the trace of the nomadic family whom they met the
previous night in the desert.
EXTINCT 7788 held hands with EXTINCT 5354 and transmitted his message, “Delta! Delta!
We’ve finished the investigation at the S.System 003 Planet. Unfortunately, the planet should
not be a choice for our new home because it is close to dying. Now we’re heading to the next
destination to find our new home”
EXTINCT 5354 added, “However, the planet could be saved if the human beings stop
destroying it by protecting the ecological order and controlling pollution …”
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