A tree speaks I am a Mango tree. I have many mangoes on my branches. The birds are making nests on my branches. My branches are very strong. The birds and squirrel are eating the mangoes. Rusandi Wickramasinghe (Grade 5) Sirimavo Bandaranaike Vidyalaya My grandparents I am blessed with two maternal grandparents. I was born [...]

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A tree speaks
I am a Mango tree. I have many mangoes on my branches. The birds are making nests on my branches. My branches are very strong. The birds and squirrel are eating the mangoes.

Rusandi Wickramasinghe
(Grade 5)
Sirimavo Bandaranaike Vidyalaya


My grandparents
I am blessed with two maternal grandparents. I was born on their wedding anniversary day. I am the only grandchild.
My grandfather takes me to school and all my classes on time. He often suffers with a knee pain. But he never hesitates to do what is required for me. He knows my timetable and the schedule of all my extra activities, better than me.
On the other hand, my
grandmother is a very kind lady.
She cooks yummy food.
She tells me lots of stories. She has lots of patience. She never scolds me. She buys me lots of frocks and admires when I wear them.
Whenever I get scolded or
punished by my mother, both my grandparents get very sad. Every day I pray to God to give a long and healthy life to my lovely
grandparents.

Jayaniee Saravanakugan
(9 years)
Methodist College


What if there was no electricity?
Electricity is a source of power made from gases, water, wind, the sun or charcoal. We get electricity through power stations and it is sent to us by wires.
Electricity is important to us in many ways for doing our day to day work purposes like, lights give us light energy to see, fans to keep cool on hot days, electric irons help us to iron clothes, refrigerators help us to store food, ovens help to bake and cook food. Therefore electricity helps us in many ways. If we did not have electricity all would be at loss. Life won’t be comfortable for us, so that is why electricity is important to us. We must join hands and help to save electricity and not waste it for future generations.

Maithree Bogoda (9 years)
Lyceum Int. School, Nugegoda


Respecting your elders
As human beings, I think it is our responsibility to respect our elders. Our elders have more experience about different things so therefore they would guide us through to the correct path. Elders are not only our parents and grandparents but also our elder brothers, sisters, uncles and aunts.
In school we must respect our
principal and teachers so as to get a good education. At home we must respect our parents, grandparents, uncles, aunts, elder brothers and
sisters. As we all know our parents are our first teachers. They always advise us to be a good person to have a successful life. This is for our own good.
As Sri Lankans, we have a good
culture so all Sri Lankans know the value of our elders. Now the whole world believes it. The World Elders Day is an example for this. As children we must respect and follow the advice of our elders.

Kawmini Liyanage (13 years)
Royal Institute, Maharagama


Bears
Bears are called the ‘Masters of the Forest’. Bears are one of the largest animals that live on land. Today most bears are rare. There are many types of bears. Brown bears, Grizzly bears, Sloth bears, Moon bears, Polar bears, Sun bears, Spectacled bears, Pandas, Koala bears and Black bears are some of them.
Brown bears eat a lot of fish like salmon. They can run over 50km an hour, much faster than humans. The claws of Sloth bears may measure up to 8cm in length. Sloth bear cubs can be born at any time of the year. They live in South and East Asia.
Moon bears are black bears found in Asia. The Moon bear can stand or walk on its back feet. Sun bears are one of the smallest bears but they have the longest tongue, reaching up to 25cm in length. They can be found in South Asia. The Polar bear is the biggest type of bear. They are found in cold places. Black bears love honey. Some Black bears are white.
We must protect bears and their habitats.

Binadha Weerasooriya (9 years)
St. Sebastian’s College, Moratuwa


Two Little Friends

I am a little toothpaste you know
My friend is a little
toothbrush Oh! Oh!
Our home is on a little glass shelf
Where we both live

We belong to a little girl called June
She uses us in the
morning
At times she forgets to use us in the night
We’ll feel very sad do you think we are right?

June hums a little tune when she’s ready
To put the paste on the brush so steady
She brushes and brushes until it’s done
Her teeth shine like they’re number one

Umair Haris (9 years)
Royal College, Colombo 7


My mother
I love my mother
She takes care of me
I too take care of her
She buys me everything I need
Whenever I need her
She is there for me

Roshith Abeysundara (Grade 3)
St. Peter’s College, Colombo 4


A day of a fisherman
A day of a fisherman is very rough. He has to face many
challenges in his life. His life is not a secure one. Leaving behind his wife and children in the evening he set off from his house to go fishing in the blue ocean.
His wife gives a packet of food,
a bottle of water and a lantern.
He carries a fishing net too. He sails his boat into the sea and sits in the boat and rows the boat. He does not go to deep sea to catch big fish. He is satisfied with the small fish that he catches every day. He has no great expectations. He wants to just feed his family, give a good education to his children and give them the bare necessities required to make a
simple life.
He has to face many problems when he is all alone in the sea. If a storm crops up, he must be very alert. He should protect his boat and his goods. He has to row the boat carefully. He has to spend a sleepless and chilly night catching fish.
Next morning he goes back home with a load of fish. After a good breakfast and a hot cup of tea, he sets off to sell the fish before noon.

Dulkini Dissanayaka (14 years)
Southlands College, Galle


My village
My village is Pothuhera. It is a small village. It is in the North Western Province. It is seven
kilometres away from Kurunegala.
It has coconut estates and
paddyfields. The main income of my village is coconut and paddy.
There are about 6,000 people
in my village. Some of them are
government servants and some
are farmers. There is a post office,
a temple and a big playground in my village. There are many communities in my village. They are Sinhalese, Tamils and Muslims. I love my
village.

Senan Kaluhendiwala (9 years)
Royal Int. School, Kurunegala


My grandparents
I am one of the luckiest boys to have both my
grandparents from my mother’s side and from my father’s side. I am living with my mother’s parents. One of my grandfathers is a retired Deputy Inspector of Police. He teaches me about
general knowledge topics and he plays games with me.
And my other grandfather is a businessman. He brings lots of toys. And most of all, both my grandmothers cook me whatever the food I say.
I think my grandparents love to have a grandson like me. I love and care for my grandparents so much.

Abeesha Wickramasinghe (6 years)
Trinity College, Kandy


A moment of success
It was the Tomahawk Quiz
No. 100. I had been sending in answers during the previous five or six months quizzes.
On the second week of the month following the 100th quiz, I was
eagerly waiting for my dad to bring the Sunday Times along with the Funday Times. When I took the paper and saw my name as one of the two winners, my happiness knew no
end. I had won. My moment of
success began then and there.
I wanted to show this to everyone but I had to wait a few more weeks to get the actual prize in hand.
A few weeks later, I went to Colombo with Mum and Dad. When I received the Tomahawk bike from the manager of Tomahawk Bicycle Mall and posed for a photograph with my prize, it was my moment of glory. After returning to Galle the same evening I wasted no time to start
riding the bike.
The next thing I wanted was to see my photo in the Funday Times with my prize bike and show my friends. Well, it did appear two weeks later not only in the Funday Times but also in the Sunday Times due to a
misprint.

Hamna Mohamed (12 years)
Sacred Heart Convent, Galle


I am the king of beasts

My homeland is Africa. I live with my pride in the grasslands. I have a bushy mane. It gives me a powerful look. My wife is the lioness and my babies are called cubs. My wife hunts
buffaloes, antelopes, bucks and zebras. My pride
consists of 16 members which include two males.
My newborn cub’s eyes are bright blue and when they grow up their eyes become blue black and when they are fully grown, their eyes will become black like mine. I sleep about eight hours a day and hunt until dusk. We rarely hunt at night. I have very sharp eyes that shine like light green bulbs at night.
Some people capture me and put into the cage and then they take me to zoos. Please let me live in my homeland with my pride.

Haleema Aniff (Grade 6)
U.N.H. Int. School, Wattala


Written on our head
Every day on our head is written,
To complete the week with stress,
We, by caring more and more,
Oh! That’s only the thing which god knows.

Ok, just like that we leave,
Which was written by god,
We bend, we send, lend,
But will it ever end?

Moreover,…hard luck or god’s grace,
We escape so many
nuisances,
We wait and wait and wait,
Till a new morning comes straight.

“But when will it bloom,
When will it bloom.”

Dhakshanyah Rajendra (13 years)
Royal English School, Matale

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