My family

Under 8 years

There are four members in my family. They are my father, mother, brother and myself.

My mother helps us to do our homework while my father helps my mother to cook. My brother and I help my mother to clean the house. My brother goes to the boutique and washes the car too.

During the school holidays we go on trips. Sometimes we visit our grandparents. Browny and Fuzzy are our pets. They are very faithful dogs. Now they also have become a part of our family. All of us love them very much.

I am very proud of my family as it is strong though it is small.

Thyaga Weraniyagoda
(8 years)
Leeds International School,
Galle

The Personality Garden

Loving Roses hug each other.
Gentle Lotuses calm another.
Kind Marigold twirls and sings.
Sweet Jasmines dance in rings.
Sunny Sunflowers brighten the day.
Singing Bluebells are pretty and gay.
Watery Lillies cool us all.
Violet Lavenders shine the hall.
Scientific Hibiscus wit a fool.
Cool Snowdrops keep him cool.
Yellow Daffodils are good and happy.
Warm Orchids are warm and sappy.
Gay Petunias are beautiful and gay.
Solumn Poppies are sad and so have their say.
This is my Personality Garden.

Yadurshini Raveendran
(11 years)
The British School in
Colombo

An invention I'd like to make or have

12 - 14 years

I wish I could invent or have a Time Machine. I desire for this machine to know of the world at large in the past as well as in the future.

This machine will take me to the past so that I could see the pre-historic animals, the people and the vegetation that existed at that time but have now become extinct. I shall be thrilled by the sight of those living beings. I shall also witness great civilizations of the ancient world, such as the Mesopotamian and Babylonian, the Egyptian, the Maya, the Inca and the Indus Valley civilizations. The Roman and Greek civilizations would also add pomp and grandeur for me to behold.

I can also shift my memory from the present to the future with the aid of the Time Machine and view the scientific and technological wonders of the future. I am also desirous of knowing the future of human settlements if any, on other planets and the development in inter-planetary travel and communication of the future.

This is the ambition of my life that I long for.

M. Saahiththiyan
(13 years)
Royal College, Colombo