The Wishing Turquoise
American International School, Aditi Jain, Fiction: Group 2
H
ey! Mom, we got water from the -” Erdene paused. Suddenly she and her twin sister,
Oyuun, looked at each other. Their dad, who spends his life in the Gobi desert finding
the wishing turquoise, wasn’t on his working desk. During the afternoon he rarely
moves of his desk. Oyuun and Erdene rushed into the kitchen, their parents’ room, then
into every room in their little house.
“Where are mom and dad?” they exclaimed at the same time. Their mouths fell open, as they
realized that they weren’t home anymore. Then Erdenes’ keen eyes discovered something new.
Sitting on the working desk was a yellow Post-It note stuck to a tiny, green chocolate box. Oyuun,
the smarter twin, read the note aloud:
To: Oyuun and Erdene
Just needed to borrow Bayarmaa and Batukhan for a few days. They will return if they tell me
where the Wishing do their job.
Love, Your only favorite Uncle.
To Oyuun and Erdene it was evident Uncle Chuulun , their dads only younger brother, had
taken their mom and dad.
A few decades ago, everybody was happy when Batukhan and Chuulun used to work together
to find the wishing turquoise and accomplish their family’s task. Soon Batukhan found out
Chuulun wanted to use the wishing turquoise for his own selfish reasons, not to fulfill their
ancestor’s task. That’s why Batukhan and Chuulun stopped working together. Each of them wanted
to get to the wishing mineral first but they have to use the clues their ancestors left behind for
them to find the location of it. Chuulun must have taken Batukhan and Bayamaraa to talk them
into telling him the location.
Oyuun and Erdene packed everything they needed and set off on fat, little, Saikhan (their
Bactrian camel) to about 80 kilometers from here. Oyuun wondered how they were going to get
through the largest desert in Asia. It was very still and silent in the Gobi desert. All they could
hear was Saikhan’s hooves hitting on the scorching, hard ground. Soon they passed a large group
of quick Asiatic Wild Ass. Oyuun suspected they were running away from a predator so they had
to speed up Saikhan.
Then Erdene heard her stomach give a loud grumble. Since it was about six o’clock it was
starting to get chillier. Suddenly Oyuun coughed and sneezed. Before you knew it she was
continuously sneezing madly. In the distant Erdene could see Ephedra, the plant which could
cure colds, and an oasis. Erdene took a bucket and a bag, leaped of the camel, ran to the Ephedra
and the oasis. As quick as a flash she was back with a bucket full of water and enough ephedra
for the three of them. Once they finished dinner they again commenced their journey to find the
wishing turquoise.
Finally after long, dull hours of tranquillity, they reached the mysterious Gobi cave. Since the
cave was small they had to leave Saikhan outside. As they entered the gloomy cave their eyes tried
to accustom to the darkness. Suddenly Oyuun stepped on something and slipped into the world of
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