Kids world
View(s):My favourite toy
My favourite toy is a Barbie Doll. Her name is Sally. My mother bought Sally for my fifth birthday. I play with her every day after I do my homework. I like to play with Sally.
Sally has many friends like
Prince Sam, Pooh Bear, Princess Katie, Little Teddy and my puppy Blacky. She likes to stay in the castle with her friends. I sleep with her.
She always smiles. She is beautiful. She is tall and thin.
She is wearing a short pink dress. She has purple boots and a red bag. I sometimes put her red hat on her head. She has straight, golden hair. It is long. It is plaited. I comb her hair every day with her hairbrush. She has brown eyebrows and blue eyes. She has pink lips.
I love Sally a lot.
Chamindi Vidanage (7 years)
Willesden College Int., Battaramulla
My beloved cats
Once I had two special cats
I used to give them plenty of pats
They were filled with beauty
But one fine day
God took them away
In such a coincident way
On the very same day
I wept and cried
For my friends who had died I still couldn’t believe
It was too early for them to leave
I lay alone on this day
The anniversary on which they passed away
I would never forget them in any way
As they were the cats I sincerely loved
in every which way
I still miss my cats
although five years have passed
They would remain in the middle of my heart
Maariyah Rizwan
(12 years)
Ilma Int. Girls’ School
The clock
The clock is used for measuring time. It tells us, at any moment, the time of day. In olden days, man had
to watch the sun to tell the time.
Then they made the sun-dial. But
this told the time only when the sun was shining. The English King Alfred measured time by burning marked candles. Another way was using the sand-glass or the hour-glass.
But clocks and watches are the best time measures.
A clock is a wonderful machine.
A wound-up spring moves a number of wheels. They move the clock’s hands round the dial or face of the clock.
The round face is marked with
figures for the twelve hours. When we want to know the time we look at the clock.
Mohamed Mushrif (Grade 7)
Zahira College
My pet
I have two pets named Vicky and Flash. They are very precious to me. They are boys and they are twins. My mother presented these cats for my eighth birthday. They have fluffy fur, with cute eyes.
This is my first time having pets. Vicky and Flash are very smart and handsome. We always play with them. I love them so much. I remember ne and a half years old.
My cats always sleep with me at night. When they wake up, they yawn and stretch their legs. When I went to Kandy for a trip, I did not enjoy much because I missed them a lot. They love me so much.
Afrah Athahurahman (Grade 4) Bishop’s College
My country
My country is
Sri Lanka. It is an island in the Indian Ocean.
It is called the ‘Pearl of the Indian Ocean’.
My country is very beautiful. There are many rivers, waterfalls, mountains and botanical gardens in my country. The longest river is the Mahaweli and the highest mountain is Pidurutalagala.
Sri Lanka is divided into nine provinces and 25 districts. The administrative capital
of Sri Lanka is Sri Jayewardenepura Kotte. The president of my country is Mr. Mahinda Rajapaksa.
Sri Lanka is famous for tea, rubber, coconuts and gems. A lot of visitors from other countries visit my country because there are many beautiful places and historical sites here.
I am proud to be a Sri Lankan.
Ranugi Ransiluni (12 years)
Anula Vidyalaya
Spend the day with my friend
During my school holidays, I went to my best friend’s house. His name is Gavin. He lives in Kotte.
I went there at around 10.30 a.m. Aunty gave us a drink. We did hide and seek. We watched TV. Aunty gave us a yummy lunch. We ate ice-cream. After lunch we played again.
At around 5.30 p.m., my parents came to pick me. It was the best day I ever had.
Senuka Nagodavithana
(Grade 3)
S. Thomas’ Preparatory School
My educational trip
My educational tour’s starting time was 4.15 a.m., so I woke up really early and quickly dressed up. Our educational tour was organized by our school. We went to the
highway and in two hours we were in Colombo.
Our first stop was Nittambuwa and then we went to Pinnawela Elephant Orphanage. We fed the elephant babies. Then we went to Kandy to see the Dalada Maligawa. Then we went to Peradeniya Gardens. We ate our lunch at Peradeniya Gardens. We just walked around the gardens for about twenty minutes.
Then we went to see the Lankathilaka Viharaya and then to Gadaladeniya and Embekke.
At Embekke, we saw the wonderful wood carvings. Then we went to see the places we had planned to see.
For our dinner, we went to Vevaldeniya. It took us about
30 minutes to eat. Then we went straight back home. It took us about five hours to get to Matara and it was 12.30 a.m., when we went to our school. The parents were there to take their children back home. My father was there to pick me up and then we went home.
Buddhi Jayasekera (14 years)
Rahula College, Matara
My flower garden
I have a flower garden in front of my house. It is not a large garden because there is little space in front of my house. But I take a lot of interest to make it look large by planting a variety of multi-colours of flowers. When the flowers in the
garden are in bloom the
little garden looks large.
My sister helps me to tend the flower plants. There is a flower that I put in more effort to tend it. But my
sister also took an interest in that flower. My sister and I were quarrelling to touch it. One morning I found the flower was missing. I asked my sister what happened to the flower but she remained silent. A little while later I came to know the reason for her silence. She had plucked it and I saw the flower in her hair. Then my anger faded away.
Thehani Fernandopulle
(12 years)
Ave Maria Convent, Negombo
My best friend
My best friend is Aamina Anas. She is very kind.
She goes to St. Andrew’s Girls’ College, She is in Grade Nine. She loves apples. She studies with me. She has one brother and one sister. She lives in Nawalapitiya. She helps me when I can’t understand maths. I love my best friend very much.
Zuhara Ramzeen
(Grade 9)
St. Andrew’s Girls’ College, Nawalapitiya
My pet
My pet is a cat. Its name is Bullet. I named it so because she runs very fast like a bullet.
She has black stripes on a grey coat. Round her throat there are two circular stripes like two necklaces. She has big golden coloured eyes.
At night she sleeps at my Granny’s feet. When she wants to go out, she makes a noise like “mama, mama.” Usually she does not like any other cat. When I study, she climbs onto my table and plays with me.
She stretches her front legs, keeps her head down and worships the Buddha, Granny, my mother and me. She never forgets to go to the shrine room at
6 p.m., in the
evening, when Granny lights the lamp.
She
understands when we speak to her and is very obedient.
She loves us and we love her.
Narmada Bharathi (Grade 4)
Sussex College, Kandy
Attractive forest resource
Among the resources in the world, the forest resource gets an important place. Sinharaja rainforest and Congo forest are very important among
forests. The forest resource is very useful to human beings. So we can consider the forest resource as a
special gift given to us by Mother Nature.
There are various species of
animals, huge trees, small canals, long creepers, attractive flower plants and small bushes in the forest resource. There are a lot of endemic plants in the forests. The trees
provide us shade, food, water and oxygen to breathe. Forests maintain the temperature at a correct state while protecting the water cycle.
There is wonderful bio-diversity in the forests. This great bio-diversity will be destroyed if we destroy the
forests. So we must protect the
attractive forest resource. It is our responsibility as well as duty.
Nimnadi Ratnayake (13 years)
Sri Sangamitta Girls’ N. S., Matale
My hobby
My hobby is
collecting stamps.
My parents encourage me to collect stamps.
My friends like to see my stamp album.
I have stamps from other
countries. It is an
enjoyable hobby.
Sesadi Gamage
(Grade 5)
St. Anthony’s Girls’ College, Kandy