Kids world
View(s):The kitten I saw by the road
One day when I was going home from school I saw something like a ball of cotton by the road. When I went nearer I saw that it was a little kitten.
The kitten was meowing very loudly. So I looked at it and saw that there was a wound on its skin. I picked it up and went to a pharmacy. There I bought an antibiotic cream and applied it on the wound.
Then I took it to my house. I poured some milk into a dish. I opened a can of tinned salmon and put it into a dish too. Then I gave it to the kitten. It ate it very fast. Then it went to the garden and played with me.
Just then my parents came home from work. They saw the kitten and asked me where I found it. I told them what happened and asked whether I could keep it. They agreed to it at once. So I picked my kitten up full of joy.
Sandithi Kariyawasam (Grade 5)
Musaeus College
The doctor
When someone falls ill, we take them
to the doctor.
He gives medicine to the patient. He examines the patient well. He uses a stethoscope and thermometer.
Doctors work in hospitals. They do a valuable service. I like to be a doctor one day.
Rameen Sarap (Grade 5)
Carey College
My school
My school is D. S. Senanayake College. It is situated in Colombo 7. My school principal’s name is
Mr. D. M. D. Dissanayake. My school is very big. My school is one of the best schools in Sri Lanka.
My school has from Grade 1 to Grade 13 and there are 12 classes
in one section. My class has
42 students. There are over
7000 students and 2580 teachers. Our school has a big swimming pool.
I am proud of my school and I love my school.
Ahamed Shukri (13 years)
D. S. Senanayake College
My family
There are six members in my family. They are my father, mother, grandfather, brothers and myself.
My father is a businessman. My mother is a housewife. My grandfather is a security officer in a gem shop. My first brother finished his O/L’s.
My second brother and I are studying. When we do something, we all get together. I love my family a lot.
Fazla Fahim (11 years)
Alexor Int. College, Colombo 10
Myself
My name is Sanuthi Liyanage. I live in Malabe. I am seven years old.
I like to eat apples. I like to drink water.
I have one brother. I like to be a teacher.
Sanuthi Liyanage (Grade 2)
Sujatha Vidyalaya, Nugegoda
My class teacher is the best
My class teacher’s name is Miss Padmini. She is 40 years old. She is short and fair. She has long hair. She wears beautiful sarees to school.
She is the class teacher of Grade 4B. She teaches us Education in Human Values. She is very kind, pleasant and very hard working. Apart from the class subjects she teaches us good manners. She wants us to be good citizens. She is just like our own mother.
My class teacher is the best. She is the best teacher in the school as she teaches us good manners which are very helpful. I love my class teacher a lot. May she get the blessings of the Noble Triple Gem!
Shenali Tissera (Grade 4)
Lyceum Int. School
My mother
My mother’s name is Najwiya. She is 36 years old. She lives in Dehiwala. She has three children. Her parents are from Beruwala. She has three sisters and two brothers. She is the second in the family.
She studied at Ilma International Girls’ School. From her childhood she has been doing well in her studies. This is an advantage to me because she helps me in all my school work. I get her help to do sums, answers of comprehension questions, to write essays and also to do translations of Sinhala.
She sets question papers during my exams. She prepares tasty food. She helps to wash and get me ready for school. She washes and irons my clothes. She always advises me to pray on time and to be clean. During her leisure time she plays badminton with me. She also relates stories. She does everything to help me to improve myself. I love her so much and I cannot think of a life without my mother.
Aathif Ashik (10 years)
Minhal Int. School
A woman who fought for freedom
Mother Teresa is a woman who fought for freedom. She was born on August 26, 1910 in Skopje in Albania. Her father was Nicola Bojaxhui and her mother was Dronda Bojaxhvi. She became a nun in 1931. She taught in St. Mary’s School in Calcutta in India. She was a teacher as well as the principal of the school.
Mother Teresa decided to start a new congregation to help the poorest of the poor. After receiving permission from the pope she named it Missionaries of
Charity. Their dress was a white,
blue-bordered sari. In her congregation there are many nuns. Incurable sick people, dying people, parentless children and mentally sick patients are tenderly looked after by these nuns. She won many awards like Padmashri Award and the Nobel Prize.
People called her a living saint.
Mother Teresa died on September 5, 1997 and was beatified by the late Pope John Paul II.
Vojitha Herat (Grade 6)
Royal Int. School, Kurunegala
My family
In my family there are five members. My father’s name is Imsiyan. My mother’s name is Hayriya. I have one sister and one brother.
My name is Hamna. I am ten years old. My favourite food is macaroni. My hobby is reading storybooks.
My mother is a housewife.
She is 38 years old. She wears shalwa. She has long hair. My father is a businessman. He is 46 years old.
He is fat. He has a shop in Kannathota. My sister’s name is Imla. She is 15 years old. Her school is St. Joseph’s B.M.V. Her class is Grade 10. She wears shalwa. Her favourite food is pasta. My brother’s name is Amhar. He is 12 years old. His school is Royal International School Kegalle. He is in Grade 7.
His hobby is collecting feathers.
I love my family.
Hamna Imsiyan (10 years)
Royal Int. School, Kegalle
My daily routine
I usually get up at 5 o’clock in the morning. Before I start to study, I brush my teeth and wash my face. My mother gives me a cup of tea. I sip the tea while I am studying. I study till 6.30 a.m., and then I have my bath. My mother helps me to dress. I take the 7.30 bus to go to school and I study different subjects there.
After school, I come home and attend the evening classes. And also I never forget to play with my friends in the evening. I usually study up to 9 o’clock at night. Then I go to bed.
D. Majurika (Grade 6)
Nedunkerni M.V
My pet
My pet is a fish and its name is Golly. Golly lives in water. I keep Golly in a huge tank as I do not like to keep him trapped in a small tank.
Golly is orange in colour.
Golly likes to eat fish food and sea food.
I love Golly and Golly loves me.
Akmal Niyaz (7 years)
St. Sylvester’s College, Kandy
My hobby
A hobby is a work that one does in one’s free time. My hobby is stamp collecting.
I have more than 50 stamps in my album.
I have received most of them through letters sent to me by my friends.
Stamps are issued by different countries. They are often colourful. They show pictures of famous people, birds, animals, plants and places. Except Great Britain, every stamp carries the name of its country.
Whenever I get a letter, I take off the stamp carefully and stick it in my album. The hobby of collecting stamps is very interesting.
R. Thinusaa (Grade 6)
St. Vincent Girls’ High School, Batticaloa
My first ride on a bicycle
From my childhood I had seen many bicycles going in front of my eyes. I wish to ride a bicycle but lose my courage. I love to see others riding bicycles. I knew the day will arrive one day. So, I was counting the days for it to arrive.
Days, weeks, months passed by, finally the day arrived. It was a Saturday morning. I was playing with my sister, when my brother invited me for a bicycle ride. It was a challenge for me. How many times I have said to him
“I can’t,” but he forced me to do that. I haven’t any choice, finally I accept.
I went sideways, zig zag, fell down many times. But still I cannot do it. My courage came up. I was determined to ride the bicycle. I got onto the bicycle, closed my eyes, my heart pounds, but I did not lose my determination. Kept my legs on the pedals, opened my eyes, looked at the finishing point. The bicycle chain started to rotate. I went off with the bicycle. Finally, I did that. I felt that I was a winner.
My courage made me a winner. It will never erase from my mind. It was the first ride on a bicycle in my life.
Subashi Karunathilaka (Grade 
Royal Int. School, Kurunegala