Kids’ World
View(s):Thank you dear doctor
(To Dr. Rohitha Seneviratne)
You have held me from the day I was born,
You helped me when I felt bad,
You comforted me when I was scared,
And cheered me on to make me strong.
Dear Dr. Rohitha I want to say ‘Thank you,’
For your patience, care and understanding,
I hope you are happy and well,
And keeping safe and well,
I hope I don’t get sick,
But I’ll try to come and see you quick!
Suhanya Gamaarachchi (Year 3)
Horizon College Int., Nugegoda
How I spent the Corona holiday
On March 15, 2020 all schools in the country were suddenly closed by the government to avoid spreading the
Corona virus. I didn’t know anything about Corona but later came to know what it is.
After listening to awareness programmes by the Health authorities I came to know that it is a dangerous disease. The World Health Organization (WHO) named the newly identified virus as COVD-19 pandemic and that its birth place is Wuhan in China.
These unexpected holidays were close to the April New Year vacation. We were planning to go to my mother’s ancestral home in Spring Valley village, Badulla which is situated right in front of the Namunukula Mountain. Namunukula is the fourth highest mountain in Sri Lanka. It is 2,036 m high. It has lovely surroundings with tea bushes, various natural flowers, plenty of trees, natural forest and savannas. Every evening
it is cold and misty. Though we planned to go to Badulla, we couldn’t because of the curfew so all of us were forced to stay at home.
My father’s printing office was also closed. The Agricultural officer and the Samurdhi officer of Boralesgamuwa came to our house and gave us some packeted vegetable seeds and some fruit plants to grow during the holidays. The seeds were bitter-gourd, pumpkin, cucumber, radish, chillies, winged-bean, ladies fingers and long beans etc. We planted them in cement pots and rice bags. My sister Dinadi and I watered the plants every morning and evening.
After two months we were able to get the harvest. We plucked about 1 kg of ladies fingers, green chillies, bitter-gourd, pumpkin and gotukola, mukunuwenna and kankun… With this our small vegetable garden we have become vegetable growers thanks to the government’s ‘Saubhagya – Grow More Food’ campaign. This crop helped us to balance our daily home expenditure. My mother said it was a big relief for my father as his income had dropped from the closure of his printing press. We didn’t sell any of the vegetables and the surplus we distributed among our neighbours as well. So they were also happy about our small effort.
I thank my parents and my sister for helping me have a successful home garden. That was the result of my Corona holiday.
Sanija Manhiru (Grade 6)
St. Joseph’s College, Nugegoda
Myself
My name is Tharindiya Senrathne.
I am five years old. I live in Kandy.
My mother’s name is Dinusha. My father’s name is Dinendra. I have a brother.
He is Sandul. I love my family.
Tharindiya Senarathne (Grade 1)
St. Sylvester’s College, Kandy
The actress I like best
The actress I like best is Samantha
Akkineni. Her real name is Samantha Ruth Prabhu. She was born on April 28, 1987 in Chennai, India. She was educated in Angels Anglo Indian Higher Secondary School, Stella Maris College and
University of Madras.
Samantha Akkineni is an Indian
actress who has established a career in the Telegu and Tamil film industries, and is a recipient of several awards including four Filmfare awards. She has emerged as a leading actress in the South Indian film industry. ‘Theri’, ‘Oh Baby’,
‘Kaththi’, ‘Irumbu Thirai’ and ‘Mersal’ are some examples of films that she acts well in.
Samantha Akkineni’s spouse is
Naga Chaitanya. Her country citizenship is India. Her religion is Christianity.
Her occupation is acting. She is the second cutest woman in the Tamil films. Now her age is 33. Some nicknames of Samatha are Sammie, Samsa, Sammu.
I love her very much.
Farha Farzan
Fathima B. M. V., Puttalam
A dog speaks
I am a dog. I am a Daschund dog.
My name is Smitty. I am two years old.
My favourite food is rice. And my
favourite drink is water. I am brown in colour. My owner is Methupama.
I have a brother. His name is Rish.
It is a sausage dog. It is black in colour. I play with my brother and owner every evening. I have a big kennel with a water bowl.
On all my birthdays my owner
celebrates it very beautifully. On rainy days she puts a piece of cloth into my kennel. Sometimes she washes me.
Sometimes she walks me around the house. Somedays she dresses me in her small T-shirts. My owner loves me lots.
I also love her very much.
Methupama Wijerathne (Grade 
Holy Cross College, Gampaha