New Tales of the Gobi Desert-The
Survival of 25 Days in Gobi Desert
Shatin Tsung Tsin Secondary School, Kwan Tsz Yan, Non-Fiction: Group 3
W
here are we?”
The cheerful chirping of birds heralded a new day. The golden Sun casted its
warmth all around. White, fluffy clouds were floating in the sky while the trees
were swaying gently in the breeze. A pride and rich American family was heading
off to Gobi Desert, a famous desert in China. The family kept a pair of twin as their servant,
James and Jorge. Although they were smart and talented in their study and music, the family had
never ever appreciated their talent, they were too proud of themselves. Yet, certainly they brought
all their servants to the trip as well to serve them.
It was the most extravagant, private and exotic trip that only the richest people could afford.
They all had their own private jet to bring them over to the Gobi Desert where all the posh
families from all over the world will meet. Not long, a total of 5 families were gathered and met
with the tour guide who was passionate in his job and witty. Everyone became close friends after
a short bonding time. The trip seem so perfect as they entered this mysterious golden land, riding
their wild camels, chattering exhilaratingly with each other. However, it was just the start of this
exciting adventure…..
Without any warning, wind started to howl, the sky started to roar, nobody knew that this
strong power of the lord was about to destroy them, certainly not all of them, but most of them.
“A SANDSTORM!!!” The tour guide shouted at the top of his voice. The next second, their
vision were blocked by sand, their phone, compass, and map were blown away, their camels all
fled away, even their path was swept away by the strength of the wind. Everybody started to
panic. “Where are we?”
As they have lost all the ways to seek help and find the directions. All that they could do was
to waddle through the sand trying to find their way back. Expectedly, these well-heeled people
soon felt exhausted; nobody had ever been so tired before, especially Jack. He was a chairman
in the most famous bank, his salary was the highest in the whole city, nonetheless, he was never
in the bright side. “We won’t survive here; maybe we should just sit down and wait for people to
come and save us! ” Sighed Jack as he placed a piece of tissue paper on the rock and sat down
with an unwilling frown. He believed someone would notice they were lost but he forgot it was a
private trip that every single piece of information was concealed. Thus, there was no way anyone
would locate where they were. Nobody in the group agreed with his thought, but no one dared
challenging him. Unquestionably, most of the followers decided to stay behind but not the twin
servants and their cousins. These five brave and wise young men volunteered themselves to save
everybody by continuing to find their way out. They weren’t stopped by anyone as none of these
noble people bothered to care about them.
The survival trip wasn’t hard for the first few days; at least they had packed enough food and
clothes for this extreme weather. Moreover, they still had hopes to either find a way out of the
desert or someone for help.
“I am starving, what should we do?” It was the sixth day, no more food, no more water, no more
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