Mystery of the Music
Korean Internationl School, Beth Caves, Fiction: Group 3
W
ow,” Tony said for what seemed like the millionth time. Even though he had been
walking through this ginormous, never ending desert for hours, maybe even days,
he was still amazed by the sight of all the huge sand dunes spreading for miles in
all directions. Although he hadn’t found any dinosaur eggs, he had stumbled on
quite a few animals. He had seen golden eagles flying around in the evening looking for food, he’d
had a close encounter with a black-tailed gazelle while hiking over a very large sand dune, but the
one animal he hadn’t met or seen was something that was half the reason why he had come to the
great Gobi Desert. To find a Bactrian camel. But to Tony’s delight one day his dream came true.
It all started one morning when Tony was woken up to the sound of some magical music. “I
wonder where that’s coming from.” Tony wondered out loud. It seemed to be coming over a big
sand dune in the distance. Curious of where these beautiful sounds were coming from, he decided
to pack up his things and go and find the source. So once Tony had eaten a scrumptious breakfast
and had packed up all his belongings, he set off to find who and what was making this music. He
walked for hours and hours over miles of sand, (which was getting quite hot in the mid-day sun)
gradually getting closer and closer to the music.
But the funny thing was that when he thought he was nearly there the music started to
change and go in a different direction. ‘This is very strange’ he thought. But then all of a sudden
the music stopped. Tony rushed over to the top of the sand dune that he had last heard the music
from. He ran all the way up to the top of the dune and stared down, not knowing what he would
find on the other side.
To his amazement there were hundreds of Bactrian camels all lined up while lots of men were
unloading sacks and setting up tents. At first Tony didn’t know what to do so he just stood and
stared. But he really wanted to know who these people were and what they were doing. Plus, he
really wanted to go and get a better look at the camels. So slowly and carefully he made his way
down the steep, sandy slope, trying not to attract any attention. But he couldn’t hide for long
because when he was about halfway down the slope, a small man, who had just finished unloading
his camel, saw Tony and started to run up the slope towards him. ‘Oh no!’ Tony thought. Just as he
was about to turn around and run back up the slope, someone tapped him on the shoulder. “Hello,
my name is Sadumil. Who are you?” the little man said. “Um, I am Tony and I’m travelling around
the Gobi Desert trying to find different animals.” “Well, I think you have come to the right place to
find some Bactrian camels!” Sadumil exclaimed. He asked Tony if he would like to come and meet
his camel and look around, which of course Tony was delighted to do so.
So Tony got shown around the makeshift campsite and got introduced to all the people. They
were all heading to another camp to trade food and materials, which they carried using the
camels. But the most interesting thing to Tony was a small drum which apparently was used to
get all the camels to walk together and the sound that Tony had been following was from this tiny
drum. He was shocked that this little drum controlled a group of more than a hundred camels.
Just before Tony was about to leave, Sadumil ran up to him and said they had a present for
him. He brought Tony round to the back of the tent where a camel with supplies on was waiting.
“This is for you Tony!” said Sadumil. Tony was too shocked to answer so he just said thank you
and then got onto the camel. So from there he rode up the slope and set off on a new journey with
his new camel.
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