The Moonstone
St Margaret’s Co-educational English Secondary and Primary School, Li Ramona Yan Hei,
Fiction: Group 1
O
livia was panting as she raced to the top of the sand dune. “Hurry up!” she yelled from
above Jack, “You’ve got to see this!” There were some tents with colourful flags, right in
the middle of the Gobi Desert.
Suddenly, Olivia felt like she had stepped on some soft mud and her right leg was
sinking. Jack shouted, “It’s quick sand! I’m going to pull you out!”
But Jack was too weak. Luckily, two men ran to them to help. The men asked them why they
were here. “We’re here to find the moonstone,” said Jack. “My mum is very sick, we must use its
healing power to cure her.”
“We are John and Gary, we know where the moonstone is, but there are two brown bears and
a golden eagle guarding it,” said one of the men. “However we can show you the way if you want.”
They started walking. They saw a beautiful lake and used a boat to row to the other side. Up
the mountain in front of them was a cave.
“We’d better go with you. You two are too young to go alone,” Gary said. When they were
near the cave, they found an ice wall with a window. They saw a small stone glowing on a big
rock. That was the moonstone! “The bears must be out hunting, hurry up! We need to leave before
they come back!” John said.
“But how can we get in?” Jack whispered. Olivia noticed a hole on the upper part of the wall;
it must be for the eagle to come in and out. The men helped Olivia and Jack to climb in as they
were small enough to fit in the hole. Some animals heard them and came towards them. Jack
picked up some rocks on the floor and tried to hit them. Olivia ran and picked up the moonstone.
She found a bigger hole on the other side of the wall.
“Jack, hurry to the right, there is a way out!” Very quickly they came out. Then they were
surprised that in front of them was another bear, the guard!
“Help!” Olivia screamed. John took out a small pot of honey from his pocket and opened it.
They always carried it because this special type of honey could help small cuts or bug bites. John
threw the pot to the bear. “Let’s go, quick!” Gary said. They started running down the mountain.
The bear smelled the honey and started to eat and ignored them. They all safely came down the
mountain and John helped them to get a camel to ride back home. “Thanks for your help!” Olivia
and Jack said gratefully. “We cannot get the moonstone without your help!”
On a full moon’s night, they took out the moonstone. When the moonlight shone on the
moonstone, the beautiful light glowed all over their mother. “My lovely children, thank you for
saving me! I love you!” Their mother held them tightly and cried.
