Kids World
View(s):My flower garden
I love to garden. It is my hobby. That’s why I have my own flower garden. There are lots of flowers in my flower garden. The colourful flower plants and bushes covered with flowers, look like children wearing colourful clothes. The names of the flowers are roses, temple flowers, jasmine and clitoria. They have a very sweet smell. Butterflies, bees and wasps come and take nectar from the flowers in my garden.
The jasmine flowers look like my sister’s smile. The rose flowers look like her face. I look after my garden very well. I water it every day. I remove the weeds that grow in it. Every day I pick flowers from my garden to offer Lord Buddha. On Poya days I pick flowers to take to the temple.
I want to improve my flower garden. Getting into a ‘Best Gardener’ competition and winning, is one of my ambitions.
Sandithi Kariyawasam (9 years)
Musaeus College
Rainbows
A rainbow is a very beautiful sight. It brings a smile to the face of anyone who sees it. Have you ever wondered how they are made?
Rainbows appear when raindrops reflect sunlight just like a prism does, thus breaking white sunlight into colours. As light enters a water droplet, the colours with different wavelengths bend at slightly separated angles. This is why a rainbow always appears after rainfall with its seven beautiful colours, red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo and violet.
Ryaan Bishri (8 years)
Ilma Int. Girls’ School
Mosquitoes
The mosquito is a small insect. Some mosquitoes breed in contaminated water while some breed in clean water. Mosquitoes can be seen everywhere, at night-time and sometimes in the daytime too. The main food of a mosquito is blood. It sucks the blood from animals and humans by piercing their skin.
Mosquitoes carry lots of germs and diseases. Malaria, Dengue and Elephantiasis are a few of them. These diseases can be spread easily among people because when mosquitoes suck blood, the germs which they have, enter the body of a healthy person and then that person gets the disease.
Nowadays, dengue is spreading rapidly. The symptoms of dengue are fever, red patches on your body and vomiting. People sometimes die because of this disease. Therefore we should keep our surroundings clean, to protect the lives of people from this deadly insect.
Ilma Waris (Grade 7)
Lead the Way Girls’ Int.
My mother
The name of my mother is Shehara Bahar. She is 40 years old. She was born on January 29, 1974.
She likes to eat pizza. She has one brother. She lived in Nuwara Eliya as a child. She has short hair. She likes to read books. In the UAE she was an export co-ordinator at a steel company. When she was young, she liked to watch ‘The Simpsons’ which is also one of my favourite cartoons. Every evening, we play cricket or badminton in the garage.
I love my mother. She takes great care of me.
Misha Miskin (9 years)
Horizon College Int., Malabe
The places I visited in December
During our holidays we went on a trip on December 17, 2014. The first place we visited was the Nedun Raja Maha Viharaya. The images in this viharaya have been built with Nedun timber and therefore it is known by this name. The viharaya has the largest tusks in Asia which are believed to have belonged to the Kadol elephant. Then we visited the Saman Devalaya which was built to venerate Lord Saman. This devalaya was built by King Parakramabahu II during the Dambadeniya period and was later used by the Portuguese as a fortress.
From there we went to the Ratnapura Museum which was known as the Ehelepola Walauwe in the past. Then we proceeded to the Rajanawa Falls where King Walagamba had bathed and later on to Aigburth holiday bungalow at Sooriyakanda. The next day we proceeded to Punchi Dambadiva, on our way to Ratnapura. There we saw statues and dagobas made just like Dambadiva, India. We also visited the Eknaligoda Walauwe where the Archaeological Commissioner lives. From there we went to Diva-Guhawa where it is believed that Lord Buddha rested, after visiting Adam’s Peak.
On the final day, we visited Delgamuwa Viharaya. The Sacred Tooth Relic was hidden under a kurahan stone for 40 years at this place. We also visited Barandy Kovil at Sithawaka Rajadaniya, a kovil built by a Sinhala king to cover his sins after killing many priests.
I am glad I was able to visit all these places of historical interest, last December.
Dayan Samarasinghe (12 years)
S. Thomas’ College, Mt. Lavinia
A visit to the Dalada Maligawa
The Dalada Maligawa is situated in the heart of the hill capital Kandy. This is an ancient monument because this was the palace of the last Kandyan king.
Now this is converted into a Buddhist temple and the most venerated Tooth Relic of Lord Buddha is placed here. Thousands of Buddhists and non Buddhist people visit this place from all over the country and world to pay homage to the Tooth Relic.
As a Buddhist, living in Rambukkana
I visit this most venerated Dalada Maligawa with my parents on poya days. As we enter there is a passage to enter the Magul Maduwa, where the thevava ceremony is performed by the traditional Kandyan dancers and drummers.
In the Magul Maduwa there are huge wooden pillars with Kandyan carvings and traditional brass oil lamps which give the place a glamourous and majestic look.
After seeing all these, we enter where the Tooth Relic is placed, to offer flowers and worship. This is a very elaborate place with traditional silver carvings studded with gems on the door frames.
Tourists visit the Dalada Maligawa, because it is not only a place of worship but also a very important ancient work of traditional architecture in Sri Lanka.
Shenaya Siriwardana (15 years)
St. Joseph’s B.V., Kegalle
The kind cobbler
After dancing classes in Kandy, I saw a kind cobbler near the Hatton National Bank. He had two dogs, so he had spent his money on two collars for the two dogs.
On Saturday November 1, I saw the two dogs were being given two rice packets while the cobbler stayed in hunger.
On Saturday November 8, the dogs were asleep and the cobbler had covered them with a blanket.
On Saturday November 15, it was a rainy day. The cobbler and the shoes were getting wet but the dogs were not getting wet. He had covered them with two umbrellas.
On Saturday November 21, he had bought two boxes for the dogs, thinking that they could sleep so well over there.
See how kind he was. And his dogs in return protect him.
So we should be kind to animals.
Narmada Bharathi (8 years)
Sussex College, Kandy
My school
My school is Kalutara Balika Vidyalaya. It is in the Kalutara District. It was built in 1942. The mission of my school is to make a female generation with good
attitudes. The colours of my school flag are light green and dark green.
The first principal of my school was Mrs. G. K. Gunarathna. It is a girls’ school. There are nearly three thousand students in my school. Miss. Dilhani is our class teacher. There are three sections in our school. They are Primary, Middle and Upper. There are six parallel classes in my school.
It is a government school. The extra curricular activities of my school are sports, clubs, societies etc. I love my school very much because it gives me education.
Senuki Perera (Grade 9)
Kalutara B.V.
Watching the news
On the TV screen, the young reporter,
Gestures at the mutilated corpses around her,
Feigning pity, we lie back and look on –
So what if a few billion more are gone?
Just to seem a bit human, we shed crocodile tears,
Dab at our eyes and say “those poor dears,
Orphaned, penniless, I bet – and starving!”
Well, if it bothers you so, then pray, do
something.
A moment later, the thin façade of humanity is shed,
The news shifts from a war-torn country to a cricket match instead,
We applaud and cheer, when merely
minutes ago,
We feigned grief at the results of a bloody war.
Haala Marikar (14 years)
Badiuddin Mahmud Girls’ College,
Kandy
Myself
My name is Shaahil. I am six years old. I live in Kurunegala.
My school is St. Anne’s College.
I’m in Grade Two.
My father’s name is Mr. Farhan. My mother’s name is Mrs. Shafrin.
I have one sister. Her name is Leena. My hobby is reading books. My ambition is to become a doctor.
Shaahil Farhan (Grade 2)
St. Anne’s College, Kurunegala
My mother
My mother is Nimanthi Apsara. She is a housewife. She is 38 years old. She is very beautiful and kind. Her favourite colour is orange.
Her favourite food is pineapple.
Her favourite drink is tea. She has black hair. I love my mother.
Kawya Moorthi (10 years)
Vihara Maha Devi B.V.