The Quest of the Gobi Desert
Alliance Primary School, Kowloon Tong, Ho Cheuk Yan Grace, Fiction: Group 2
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t was a fine morning. The sun was shining, the flowers were blooming, and the grass was
sprouting. Janice and Clarice were playing with sticks in the tent. They were Mongolian
sisters and were curious. Janice liked reading and Clarice liked drawing. Both of them liked
not only chasing horses but also looking after lambs.
After a while, older Janice got bored of the game and complained, “ I want something
exciting instead.”
“Perhaps chasing calves?” Clarice suggested, trying to lift her sister’s spirit up.
“No, we can’t. They are sleeping right now.”, Janice said.
“Explore the desert?”
“No, it’s too exciting...”
“Hey! You said you want that!”
“Well, I did, but...”
“No buts. Lets go!”
So they went to the Gobi Desert. They sneaked out and packed a few things just before they
left: water bags, a first aid kit and buns, but neither did they know the dangers of the Gobi Desert.
They quickly reach the “Green Wall” of Gobi Desert. However, the trees were dead and broken.
It was like somebody had set fire on them. Clarice and Janice were determined to find the reason,
and save the Green Wall. They ran through the trees and tripped on a flat rock, on which letters
were carved:
“This must be the destroyer’s name,” breathed Janice, “in a code.” “Let’s go home first to work
out the code, it’s getting dark,” moaned Clarice, but they could not, for home was far away. They
had to stay here. So they looked for a cave to sleep in. After an hour, they found a cave that
turned out to be the bear’s home. When morning came, they were caught.
Just then there was a shriek: Baby Bear had cut itself with a rock. Janice begged Papa Bear
to let her help baby bear and he did, so Janice took out the first aid kit and bandaged Baby Bear’s
hurt leg. At first, it was hard since the cub kept wiggling. Later, Clarice sang a lullaby and calmed
the cub down, so it was easier. Papa Bear and Mama Bear were grateful for what they did to their
cub so they gave them a map. It could show them anywhere.
They told the bears about the mystery of the Green Wall and asked how to fix it. The bears
said, “You need some magical objects to fix that. One is this map, another is the key that unlocks
anything and the dust of healing.”
“Where’s the key?” asked Janice and Clarice eagerly.
They both wanted to know, but the bears didn’t know. “Ask the map for help,” suggested Mama
Bear, so the Mongolians repeated their question to the map. To nobody’s surprise the map showed
them Silk Road and an oasis, under which was a shimmering golden key.
As the girls walked along Silk Road, they spotted a little marbled polecat. It had white back
and yellow hair all over its body. It crawled on the sand. It was very hungry therefore they gave
it some crumbs. The little marbled polecat was very touched by their kindness. It said to them, “I
will come too. I will help you.” They set off on their quest again. As they walked on, they talked
about the flat rock that is now in Janice’ rucksack. The little polecat told them how to break the
