Crow and the piece of cheese
View(s):A crow once stole a piece of cheese
Flew away and rested on a tree
Looking around and none to see
Thought of tasting it leisurely.
A cunning fox passing by,
looked up to see
A crow, with a delicious piece of cheese
Thought, “How could I get this piece of cheese?”
Only way was to praise and plead.
Crows as you know are black
and ugly
Its voice unpleasant, sounds creepy
So, the fox praised the crow,
“How beautiful and sleek,
The voice sweet and of musical melody.”
The crow felt proud and was pleased
“Kark, Kark,” it cried, opening
its beak
And dropped the piece of cheese foolishly
The fox picked it up and laughed – “Fool! He-he.”
Kiara Gardiarachchi (9 years)
Ladies’ College, Colombo
The Bermuda Triangle
The Bermuda Triangle also known as the Devil’s Triangle is a mystery but there are many stories surrounding it. One of the stories is about the USS Cyclops. It was a fine ship and had been sailing well since 1910. It was the biggest ship in USA at the time and it was headed to Baltimore. The route to Baltimore fell across the well-known Bermuda Triangle and just a few moments after it entered the Bermuda Triangle, the ship made a radio contact stating, ‘All is well’. But a few moments later the ship was gone! It had disappeared from the face of the earth.
There are many more stories similar to the story of the USS Cyclops. Many cases have appeared up till now. However, the Bermuda Triangle remains a mystery. The most important mystery is how can the biggest ship in the USA disappear without a trace? No one knows…
Dhanuka Wijegoonaratne (Year 4)
Gateway College
Corona Virus Disease
Corona Virus Disease – 2019 also known as COVID-19
is a deadly virus that originated in Hubei, Wuhan, China.
It started to spread in the year 2019 and killed many
people in China.
‘Corona’ means crown named after its structure
which looks like a crown. Earlier this year in 2020 this
pandemic spread to almost every continent except Antarctica.
It killed many people regardless of age, race, religion or culture.
Peoples’ lives have turned miserable and the economy
of all countries is desperately low. Huge nations such as the USA, UK, Australia, Russia and even China have found it
difficult to control this virus.
Lots of people have been quarantined and lots of PCR tests have been conducted to check if they are COVID positive or negative.
But Sri Lanka, my lovely country I’m so proud of you!
We have managed to so far control the virus up to some extent and only 11 deaths have occurred as to date.
Our health sector, defense sector and all other government bodies have played a remarkable role during the last three months. Thank you to everyone who sacrificed so much of their time and effort to save our nation and move forward.
Let’s rise up Sri Lanka! I pray for the entire world to become COVID free very soon!
Kavidi Madagedara (14 years)
Rathnawali B. V., Colombo 8
The Great Fire
A Great Fire erupted in China
In the end of last year
And it spread to the rest of the world
In just four months
In March they closed the schools
And I never went out again
And then I began to wonder
When can we learn again?
Everybody was scared of the fire
And sad for the dying
Worried about the people abroad
But the doctors stay confident
And the Great Fire spread and spread
And it’s getting worse
People are scared stiff
Realizing how bad the situation
But the doctors work non-stop
Armed with extinguishers
Suffering under the masks
To protect from the Fire
And people stay apart
To stop the spread of the Fire
But they still help each other
Though some are being stubborn
And whilst we worry and worry
“Wondering how the day will end”
Nature is coming to life
Slowly healing itself again
The birds don’t care – they sing
The squirrels run about
The sun shines every morning
No matter what
And I stay at home
Reading books and playing games
Writing stories and poems
Wondering when we can go out again
And I turn back at the past
How did this happen?
I look front at the future
How will this end?
Ifadha Deen (14 years)
Leeds International School, Galle
My new classroom
My new classroom is Grade 8.
It’s a big classroom. There are 41 students in my class. My class teacher is
Mrs. Sadunika Mihiravi. She wears very beautiful saris. Desks and chairs in my class are yellow in colour. There is a
duty chart, attendance chart, clock, calendar, teacher’s table and a teacher’s chair in my class. There are two fans and two tubelights in my class. There are
white boards and black boards in my class.
The class captain of my class is Imalsha. And the vice-captain of my class is Navindi. All the children in my class are very good and very helpful.
I like my classroom.
Methupama Wijerathne (Grade 
Holy Cross College, Gampaha
Exoplanets
Exoplanets are planets that are outside our Solar System. They have different sizes from smallest to biggest. They are rocky planets, super-Earths, mini-Neptunes, ice giants and gas giants. Some of the super-Earth exoplanets may have oceans. Some exoplants called
hot-Jupiters can have a low density. Lava planets and some of the
hot-Jupiters have a high density.
My favourite exoplanet
is GQ Lupi b. It is much larger than Jupiter. I do not know whether any
of these exoplanets are habitable.
I hope aliens will be discovered in at least one exoplanet some day soon.
Hiranga Suraweera (Grade 4)
Trinity College, Kandy