Shortlisted
Goblinland
A.D. & F.D. of Pok Oi Hospital Mrs Cheng Yam On School, Wong Wing Chun, Fiction: Group 1
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n the big desert in northwest China, there are Goblins. Nobody knows where they live but
people heard about Goblins from tales.
Goblins are very small, like a child’s fist. They have a big head and grey skin. They wear
grass and leaves. They hate the sun and hot weather. So they come out at night time and
hide in the day time.
It is summer. Rain does not come in the Goblinland. The desert is very dry and the Goblins do
not have enough water. They worry about their lives.
There is a naughty boy in Goblinland. His name is Gob. He is very thirsty and dreams of
drinking water.
One day, a group of men came to the desert, riding on camels. They had bottles of water.
In the night time, the men slept. Gob walked to the camels quietly. He climbed on the bottles
and drank water. He finished so many bottles of water that he was sleepy. Suddenly Gob fell off
the camel’s back. His big head hit another camel’s foot and the camel yelled loudly, waking the
men.
A man got up quickly and caught Gob. The man was interested in Gob and asked him many
questions. The man was kind and knew Goblinland had no water. The man gave Gob a big bottle
of water and drew him a map to tell Gob where to get water. Gob was very happy.
Then, the sun was about to rise so it was time for Gob to go home. Gob burned some leaves
from his clothes and the smoke made the man sleep. Gob brought the big bottle of water to his
family. They were happy too.
In the morning, the man got up and found that he had lost one bottle of water. He was not
sure if it was a dream or not. He could only tell his friends the words Gob and Gob-in-land.
His tale became widespread, and now the desert is named the Gobi Desert.
