found ourselves in the desert.
“This is the Gobi Desert!” Elisa said, her eyes widening.
“It’s freezing!” I said.
“Open your bags, there are coats packed in there.” Matthew said. “I also packed in some food,
water, a camping bag, a compass and a walkie-talkie.”
“How will we get back?” I asked.
Matthew took out a device, which looked like a miniature bazooka gun.
“This is a time gun,” he said. “It could only function at the same time we jumped into the time
machine.” He looked at his watch. “So we could only use it at 4:30pm.”
Elisa took out her compass and encyclopedia. “We’re in the southwestern part of the desert.” She
said, while flipping her encyclopedia. “This means that we’re in the Alashan Plateau semi-desert.”
She showed us the page, where it said: ‘The Alashan Plateau semi-desert is the southwestern
part of the Gobi desert, which is also known as the Little Gobi. It fills in the north loop of the
Yellow River on the east, the Ejin River on the west, and the Qilian Mountains and narrow rocky
chain of Longshou on the southwest.’
“Okay, so here’s our plan.” Matthew said. “Our aim is to go back at 4:30pm tomorrow, so we
have to complete our research quickly. Johnny, you’re in charge of the photos. Elisa, I want you to
lead the way. I will take notes on our observations.”
Matthew took out his camera from his hiking bag and handed it to me.
“Now let’s get going!” he shouted.
Elisa led the way, concentrating on the map in her encyclopedia, and her compass.
“Where are we going?” I asked.
“We could find some plant specimen if we keep moving straight.” She said. “We could put
them in our project.”
We soon arrived at a vegetation field and started working. We took pictures and notes of
plants like astralagus, a type of herb belonging to the Legume family and acacia, also known as
the whistling thorn, from the Fabaceae family. After an hour, the sun started to set, and flurries of
snow started to fall.
“It’s getting late,” I said. “We should camp out for the night.”
Matthew and Elisa prepared the camping bags, and our snacks, while I went out to find more
food. I kept on searching, until I found some gigantic eggs. I took one of them and headed back to
our camping site.
“Hey guys,” I said, showing them the egg. “Don’t you find this egg unusually big?”
Matthew looked stunned, and started taking notes, but Elisa’s face looked anxious. She flipped
through her encyclopedia and then her face turned pale.
“Johnny,” she said. “Those are dinosaur eggs.”
She showed me the page, where it showed photos exactly the same as the one I took. It said:
‘The first dinosaur eggs were discovered at the Gobi Desert in 1923 by Roy Chapman Andrews.’
“You better put it back.” Elisa said. Then we heard a load roar. We ran away together with our
hiking bags, and left the egg.
The next day, we travelled through heavy rain to see the fauna. As soon as the rain
stopped, we realized we already arrived. We all were amazed by how many animals were
roaming in the desert.
“The animals of the desert include: antelopes, wolves, foxes, hares, hedgehogs, lizards, and
