New Tales of the Gobi Desert - Fiction
Baptist (Sha Tin Wai) Lui Ming Choi Primary School, Tsz To Lau, Fiction: Group 2
L
ong long ago, there were four diamonds that governed the Gobi Desert. A strong power
could be released when they were put together to form a big diamond. Many people
wanted to own them but no one could find them.
A fortitudinous adventurer found the diamonds in a fortuitous encounter. When he
tried to bring them together, he met a sand storm. He dropped in the floating sand and died. The
diamonds were disappeared too!
Everyone was socked after knowing the news. They worried that if the diamonds were
disappeared, the Gobi Desert would vanish! Many people continued to find the diamonds but they
all died one by one by accident. Only their ghost flew into the sand and saw the diamonds.
A strong young man brought much food and water, went into the desert. He felt something
under his feet suddenly. It was a box. He saw a paper inside the box. It wrote, ’The diamonds
are just under your feet!’ He used a trowel to dig down. It was unbelievable. He saw the
shining diamonds! He put them in his leather bag carefully. He wanted to put them together
to get the power of owning the desert. During the journey back home, he stayed in the tavern.
Unfortunately, the diamonds were seen by the servant when tidying his room.
The emperor heard about it and was very anxious. He caught the young man.
‘I’m not a fool to keep the four diamonds with me. You won’t get all of them if you kill me!’
the young man said with full of confidence.
The emperor was very angry but he pretended to be relaxed.
‘I’ll let you go if you tell me where they are, but how would you prove that you are not lying?’
the emperor said.
‘Here is one of the four diamonds. You can take it now!’ the young man said.
‘I hid the rest in the Gobi cave. The hidden entrance will be shown only under the full moon.’
he continued.
He then turned and walked out of the palace while the emperor was still thinking on what he
said. He did not look back and kept walking for a day until it was far away from the Gobi Desert and
the country. He took out three shiny diamonds from his pocket. He closed his eyes and smiled.
The Gobi Desert still exists, but no one knows where the 3 diamonds are.
