Funday Times - Essays

I have a drawing book. It is full of drawings. My drawing book has 20 pages. My father bought this drawing from the M. D. Gunasena Book Shop. I love my drawing book.

Kangaroo is the common name for a group of mammals found in Australia and neighbouring islands. Kangaroos are marsupials, a type of mammal that gives birth to undeveloped young.

In kangaroos and many other marsupials, the young are carried and nurtured in a special pouch on the mother's body.

More than 50 different kinds of animals are grouped together in two kangaroo families. The large kangaroos include red kangaroos and grey kangaroos, wallabies, pademelons and quokka; they belong in the family macropodidae

The other family, potoroidae, is made up of assorted smaller species such as various rat-kangaroos, bettongs and potoroos

Kangaroos are found only in mainland Australia and New Guinea and in some parts of their offshore islands, such as Tasmania. Fossil evidence shows that the first kangaroo appeared in Australia about 15 million years ago, during the Miocene Epoch.

Long time ago there was a king called King Devanampiyatissa. He loved to hunt. So one day he went out hunting. He looked all over for an animal to shoot, but there were none in sight. He looked in farms, ponds, jungles, houses and holes. Still there was a deer. He prepared to shoot it. He shot an arrow at it, but missed it. Suddenly, the king heard a voice behind him.

"Tissa! Don't kill it! Stop! Please!" the voice said. Turning around the king saw that it was the Mihindu Hamuduruvo. They took him to their temple. So, from that day on, he lay down his bow and arrow and accepted Buddhism.

We all like to win and also like to be first in whatever we do. Winning is a sign of success. So everybody likes to win. While we try to win, we have to learn to lose too. Because losing is also a good lesson to us. Once we lose, it gives us enough courage to try until we win. Although everybody cannot be first, we have to do our very best. We should never get angry when we lose. While we are losing, every time we have to encourage ourselves. Then we can be winners.

Let's all live in peace and hope,
Never shed a tear or mope.
There may be things you can't cope
With, but never shed a tear or mope.

In every moment of pitch darkness,
There is sure to be a ray of hope.
Even when you encounter sadness,
Always say a prayer of hope.

The white dove flying gracefully,
Is the symbol of peace, love and hope,
Let's all take moments of grief cheerfully,
For in every dark place there is a ray of hope!