code on the rock.
Finally, they reached the oasis. They found that in one of the ponds, the water was full, as it
was shown and under the water was the key that opens anything. Clarice came up with an idea
and told the others about it. Janice saw a pack of camels ahead of them. Janice led them to the
oasis. The camels were very happy. They drank almost all of the water. Then, they strode away.
Step by step, Clarice went down slowly. She collected the water and the key and climbed up.
Janice and the marbled polecat were delighted for they hadn’t drunk a lot of water in the desert.
Unlucky, their happiness did not last long. They were surrounded by wolves. The sisters and
the marbled polecat fell into the empty pond. The wolves circled the pit slowly. “We’re gonna wait
for Master. Just don’t let them out.” said the leader. The polecat whispered to the girls, “Cover your
nose.” The girls did as they were told although they don’t know why. Then, the marbled polecat let
out a fart and the wolves ran away until they were gone from sight. Then, the company got away
from the pit to carry on their journey.
Finally, they found the tree. They inserted the key that opens anything into the hole.
Suddenly, the tree began to sink under the ground, revealing a glass bottle, and inside was silver
dust - the dust of healing. Then red acid soared above their heads and hit a sprout. It was dead the
next moment. The girls looked back and saw the Mongolian Death Worm. It roared, “Have mercy
on me. Let desertification continue. Let the Gobi rule Mongolia and China!” The little marbled
polecat send a message to the girls by eye, “Praise him. He liked to boast.” Then it scurried off.
The girls said all kinds thing, praising him. The worm was so pleased that he forgot to kill them!
As they were doing it, the polecat was doing something else. It put all the objects together in a
circle it drew with sticks and said the words
“allghoi khorkhoi !” (The other name of the Death Worm)
The objects flew up and combined together. Then they became a cloud. The cloud rained on
the Green Wall and it burst back to life! The evil worm saw trees everywhere. He cried out and
began to sink under the sand until he was out of sight. As the sisters saved the Great Wall, they
went back home.
