A Gobi Love Tale
St. Paul’s Co-educational College Primary School, Charlotte Wei Yu Leung, Fiction: Group 1
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he Gobi is a large, large desert where the yellow sand stretch for miles and miles. A long,
long time ago, dinosaurs lived in the Gobi desert. One day, in this quiet and empty land,
Robert the dinosaur was standing on top of a red cliff. He was lonely and sad. “Oh,” he
sighed, “I wish I have a friend to play with.”
Suddenly, Robert saw something moving on the far side. It was another dinosaur. Robert
became very excited. “This can be a friend!” he thought to himself. He gave a big roar. The
sound went far and reached the ears of the other dinosaur. A girl dinosaur. She looked up and
saw Robert on top of the cliff. He looked so strong and majestic standing there. She raced over
happily. Robert looked at her and she looked at him. He heaved his chest. She lowered her head
and fluttered her lashes. It was love at first sight. Robert named her Rosa. “Let’s stay together and
raise a family,” Robert proposed.
So they settled down beside the red cliff. Holding claws, they watched the beautiful sunset as
it turned the sand golden. Their tails entwined, the counted the millions of stars that shot across
the sky. And in the moonlight, they danced and rolled in the soft sand. They were happy and they
were in love, in their home beside the cliff as red as flame. Then when Rosa laid a nest of eggs,
Robert was the happiest dinosaur in the whole of Gobi.
One night, danger came. A most powerful wind came by. The sand flew up until it was a thick
black wall. Rosa was hatching her eggs and she saw the wall of sand. It was coming towards
them. She cried out in fear. Robert ran over, said, “Don’t be afraid. I’ll protect you. I’ll protect your
eggs.” Rosa was still very scared, but she knew she had to be brave like Robert. She hugged her
eggs. Robert put his body over hers. Other dinosaurs rushed past them, trying to get away from
the wall of sand. But Robert and Rosa were not going to run, they were not going to hide. They
were going to stay and guard their eggs.
The wind howled and wailed. The wall of sand came closer and closer. As the sand passed, it
covered everything in its path – the dinosaurs, the nest, the eggs and all.
The desert became quiet again. But it did not mourn. It knew that millions of years later, some
people would come to the Gobi. They would find the bones of Robert and Rosa, resting over their
nest of fossil eggs. Then the whole world would know the story of these two dinosaurs from the
desert of Gobi.