New Tales of the Gobi Desert
Victoria Shanghai Academy, Ainsley Ternes, Fiction: Group 1
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here once were two children, named Megan and Jake. They were 5 years old twins who
lived in Happy Valley. They were brother and sister who loved to explore, and as a result
they had a special room in their backyard which contained the power to take them to
different places or back in time.
One day the happy little Megan and Jake went to their special room and asked it to bring them
to the Gobi Desert, because they have been to the Sahara desert and it was really interesting. They
wanted to see if the Gobi Desert was just as interesting and they wanted to be like Rob Lilwall,
who was a man who walked through the famous Gobi Desert. So the twins said the magic words
“Little room, grant our wish. Take us far, far away.” and were instantly sent to the Gobi Desert.
When they got to the Gobi Desert, they saw many interesting things, such as two-hump
camels, desert tarantulas, golden eagles, and many more animals. They also saw some interesting
plants which they had seen before in the Sahara Desert. They saw the wild onion, the goyo, and
some cactus. They also saw a forest of shrubs called the sauxal. One nasty thing they discovered
was that in the Gobi desert there are dangerous things like the Mongolian nettle. The Mongolian
nettle will give you a long lasting sting if you touch it.
After their long walk exploring the animals and plants of the desert, the children felt
really thirsty but they hadn’t got their water with them so they headed for their room. As they
approached their room, they saw a terrible sandstorm heading for them. The sandstorm took them
far, far away. When it was over they were really far away from their room. Luckily they saw some
men in front of them. The men said “Welcome! Would you like to ride on our ‘Ship of the Desert‘?”
Jake said “What ship? I don’t see any ships. I only see camels, men and lots and lots of sand!”
“No”, said the man “the ‘Ship of the Desert’ is the camel!” “Oh! Can we ride on them?” “Sure.” So
they rode on the camels back to their room. When they got back they had some water and rested.
They were tired and the sun was setting so the desert was getting very cold so they said bye and
flew back home.
They had lots of fun and found out lots of information. Their Gobi Desert adventure was
so awesome. They were so tired that they went to bed straight away! They dreamed of having
another adventure. And I am sure that they will have another cool adventure very soon.
The end
