YOU SAID:
Desert Got up and ran away
INTO JAPANESE
砂漠起きて逃げた
BACK INTO ENGLISH
I got up in the desert and ran away
INTO JAPANESE
砂漠で起きて逃げた
BACK INTO ENGLISH
Woke up in the desert and ran away
INTO JAPANESE
砂漠で目が覚め、逃げた
BACK INTO ENGLISH
Woke up in the desert and ran away
That didn't even make that much sense in English.