The New Tales of Gobi Desert

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The day have broken dry and bright in the Gobi Desert, extraordinarily dry and bright, the young girl walked through the trail that the elders have pointed her to. It must be over 45 degrees. The elders of the nomadic tribe have once said never to travel if the temperature exceeds 40 degrees but the young girl was to prove them wrong. This trail leads to the southeast edge of the desert, China. She had always imagine and dreamt what China would look like under the golden ray of sunshine, would it shine bright like a ruby, reflecting it’s breath taking architect or would it be a rusty old country fill with 500 years of history, 500 years worth of knowledge and culture. The young girl had beg and yearn to go to China, to see the great wall, the Forbidden City and other great architect within the mysterious, Sino country. She have stopped on top of a slope, staring at the sky, it was about ten o’clock, two more hours until she will have to find a shade or shelter to hide from the boiling heat of the midday sun. She had looked down from the slope and the nomadic village is now just a mere dot, next to her was a dog with the fur of gold. It was a gift from the elders before she set off to a journey longer than she will ever imagine. She peered through the sunray and saw a thin line; this hairline is the trail that was build for the villagers to travel.
The girl knew that if she did not find a water source, she would soon be dehydrated along with the golden dog. As she imagined the horrible death of her and her loyal dog, a gust of wind blew from the east, covering every inch of her body in sand. She will have to spend quite a while to get rid of the sand on her and to brush through the fur of the golden dog. By the time the girl h...

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... close to the sun. Curiosity killed the cat they said, and that was one hundred and ten percent true. As the hideous monster attack her leg, she lay still, accepting her faith. Holding back the tears, trying not to show weakness. The monster stared her as if thinking through where to attack next, then leaned in closer and closer to the girl’s throat. The girl let out a final scream as the monster tore her throat out, leaving her in the darkness. The monster ate most of the body part, leaving nothing but bones and clothes. It had searched through the girls bag but took nothing; at last it searched through the girls clothes. Something caught it eyes. The glimmering of silver metal under the blinding sunlight. It was the compass. It examined it with it hands of the size of dustbin and held it up to the sky. Held the compass up as a trophy of yet another dead traveller.

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