Kids Essays
View(s):My pet
One day as I was coming back from school, I saw a cat beside a dustbin.
It was deeply wounded and I thought of taking the cat home. As I was
walking home with the cat lying in my arms, there was a dog 15 metres away who started to bark at me.
That’s when I realized that the dog must have bitten the cat.
I quickly started to run home.
As I reached home, I called my mother and told her what had happened. My mom told me to get dressed as we needed to take the cat to the vet. When we reached the vet, I asked the doctor how deeply injured the cat was and she said that the cat would need 40 injections as the dog that bit the cat was a mad dog. The doctor also said that the cat will need bed rest for two weeks. My mom was not satisfied but said ok.
When the cat came home after more than two weeks, my mom named it Cookie and made the cat live in our house like my own sister.
Aqeel Rihab (6 years)
Royal College
Dengue – a result of human carelessness
Dengue has become the main headline of the news nowadays. Hospitals are so full, to the extent that there are an insufficient
number of beds for dengue patients. This situation is not a good sign for the future.
Aedes egypti and Aedes albopictus are the vectors of the dengue disease. Due to the uncleanliness of the environment, breeding places have increased which has resulted in the breeding of these mosquitoes.
When a person is diagnosed with dengue, the number of platelets in the blood begins to reduce to a large extent. This may even lead to death. This is what makes dengue a scary and dangerous disease to all of us. “This entire planet is our home. We are the only species that systematically destroy our own habitat.” – Marianne Williamson.
Man’s carelessness is a major cause for the spread of dengue. It is the fault of man by polluting the environment that creates
breeding places for mosquitoes. Eradicating the spread of dengue is not the sole responsibility of a country’s government.
It requires the co-operation and support of the general public too. If proper co-ordination is maintained between both, together we can achieve more!
Samaa Shazuli (15 years)
Ilma Int. Girls’ School
My mother
My mother’s name is Saumya. She is
38 years old. She is a teacher. She likes to eat rice and curry. She likes to drink milk. She is very kind. She cooks tasty food. She helps me to do my homework. She teaches in a boys’ school. I love her very much.
Induni Dharmasiri (Grade 3)
Sujatha Vidyalaya, Nugegoda
My bird
My bird is a lovebird.
Its name is Coco. It likes to eat mangoes. Its colour is blue, green, red, violet and pink. It likes to drink water.
I take my lovebird to the park, garden, my room and
it flies around the house.
It sings the national anthem and even my school song.
It will be very dull if it is not there but when it is,
I am happy. It will always
be on my shoulder.
I love my lovebird.
Ajmal Imtiyaz (8 years)
Zahira College
If I could live anywhere in the world
If I could live anywhere in the world, it would probably be in the jungles. That is because I can be as free as a bird, go
exploring places and find new things and make new animal friends. It will also be very cool without homework.
I have always wanted to live in the jungle. Now I think I could go to the jungle and stop the people who destroy them.
I will never stop dreaming of living in the jungle, even when I grow up.
Pravindi Dharmarathne (10 years)
Musaeus College
Medin Full Moon Poya Day
The third Poya day of the year is
Medin Full Moon Poya Day. This is an
important day especially for Buddhists. This Poya day commemorates the visit
of Lord Buddha, to his home and preaching of the Dhamma to his father and other relatives.
On Medin Full Moon Poya Day,
Buddhist people go to the temple.
The devotees offer flowers, light the
oil lamps and joss sticks. Pirith is chanted
by the monks. Buddhist people observe atasil and refrain from eating
non-vegetarian food such as eggs, meat, fish etc. On this meritorious day, some people meditate. By that we can concentrate our mind, develop memory power, sleep well without bad dreams, study well and our skin will glow.
Some people do shramadana campaigns such as cleaning roads,
construction of roads and bridges etc. Some people donate spectacles, wheel chairs and dry rations for poor people.
So on this meritorious day we should behave well. By this we can become a good and kind citizen in society.
Induwari Perera (11 years)
JMC College Int., Maharagama
Space telescope
Since 1990, the Hubble Space Telescope has been working day and night to discover the secrets of the universe. Before they had Hubble, scientists could not answer the questions such as how old is the universe and how fast it is expanding.
The Hubble Space Telescope was sent into space in 1990. But the first pictures it sent back to Earth were not as clear as they should have been. There was something wrong in it.
In 1993 a team of astronauts was sent to fix the telescope and scientists started getting spectacular pictures of planet Pluto and Shoemaker – Levy 9 hitting Jupiter in 1994.
It has shown new stars being born and old ones dying. It has helped discover new planets and could one day help us answer the question of them all –
Are we alone in the Universe?
The Hubble Space Telescope weighed more than 1000 kg. It has
two solar panels which help it to work.
It is almost the size of a big school bus. One day maybe it will die.
Amri Mujahid (Grade 5)
Royal Int. School, Kegalle
My teacher
My teacher’s name is Piyumi. She is a very kind teacher. She lives in Kalundewa. She has a car.
I love my teacher.
Kushani Kularathna (Grade 4)
Mahasen J. S., Kalundewa
My hobby
My hobby is collecting stamps.
I started collecting stamps at the age of six. Once when I went to the post office with my dad for the first time, my dad bought some stamps to post a letter.
He gave me the remaining stamps and
I took them home. I searched for an
old photo album. Finally I got one and
I arranged those stamps in the album.
From that day onwards, I had great interest in collecting stamps. I buy stamps in the post office using my pocket money and also one of my uncles is working as a postmaster. He too brings me lots of stamps. Because of this I like to collect stamps and it turned out to be my hobby.
Nishad Nazar (9 years)
Wesswood College Int.
My country
My country is Sri Lanka. It is a very beautiful country. Our country’s capital is Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte. There are many waterfalls, rivers, mountains and forests in my country. There are many ancient and historical places. Foreigners visit our country. I love my country.
Kashif Kaleel (Grade 4)
Lexicon Int. School, Kurunegala
My pet
My pet is a cat. Her name
is Patchy. She is very fluffy. She is white, grey and orange in colour. She plays with me all the time. Her favourite meal is fish and rice. She likes to have naps. She is very cute. I love her lots and she loves me.
Mauli Marasinghe (Grade 5)
Viharamahadevi B.V., Kiribathgoda
The rock dream
Saw a huge rock…
And wished to touch it!
And I touched it.
And wished to lift it,
And I lifted it!
And wished to throw it away…
And threw it!
And wished to catch it
Before it fell down…
And I caught it!
But I wondered about that …
And suddenly,
I woke up…
It was a nightmare!!!
Chalindu Hashan (Grade 11)
Mawathagama C. C.
A visit to the zoo
It was on a school field trip that I made my first trip to the zoo. I was in the second grade then, and we scrambled into the school bus and headed to the Dehiwela Zoo on a peaceful morning. You might think that once we got into the bus we started sleeping. But no, it was the teachers who snoozed off and we sang songs. When I say ‘sang’ songs, I mean we literally bellowed the songs so as to wake and annoy the teachers.
So when we got out of the bus all of us were as hoarse as ravens.
Anyway, when we got there the teachers bought tickets and we entered the zoo. I really can’t remember the animals, who were there but I can remember ostriches, giraffes, lions, tigers, camels, hippos, birds, rhinos and elephants. There was a place for butterflies, a place for fish and a place for birds. But the animals there seemed bored because most of the four-legged animals were asleep. (I guess they are tired of people coming and peeping at them). Then we went to have lunch. We ate near the hippos and my advice; don’t eat there unless you love stinky places.
After eating we watched the elephants and their performances.
It was great. Then we left and headed back to school. I wished I could go back there again someday. My chance hasn’t come.
Panchalee Hewage (12 years)
Lyceum Int. School, Ratnapura