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My petis a dog.

His nameis Joby.He isbrown incolour.He is a Boxer. He likes to playwith me and my brother. He likesto eat vegetables but does not liketo eat meat. He likes me and I likehim very much.

Imasha Amarakoon(Grade 1)

Vision International School,

Kandy

My country is Sri Lanka. It is an

Island in the Indian Ocean. It isalso called the 'Pearl of the IndianOcean.' This is an agriculturalcountry. Most of the people arefarmers. Our staple food is rice.There are several communities inmy country. They are the Sinhalese,Tamils, Muslims and Burghers. Thepopulation of Sri Lanka is about 19million.

Our main imports are food,clothes and machinery. Our mainexports are tea, rubber and coconut.Our country became a republic in1972. We gained Independence in

1948. Now we are a free nation.Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte is

the capital of Sri Lanka. Our com-mercial capital is Colombo.Piduruthalagala is the highestmountain and Mahaweli is the

longest river.

We have atropical climate.Sri Lanka isfamousthroughout theworld as atourist para-dise. There are many tourist attrac-tions here. Some of them are water-falls, ancient ruins, sanctuaries,sandy beaches and botanical gar-dens.

Hon. Mahinda Rajapakse is thePresident of my country. The PrimeMinister is Hon. Ratnasiri

Wickramanayaka.

I love my country very much!

Asna Razak (11 years)Baddiuddin M. G. C., Kandy

My country

My favourite cricketer is LasithMalinga. He is the best bowler onthe Sri Lankan team. I like his wayof batting and bowling. He is a mar-vellous player. I like his hair andface. He is like a lion. His hair isyellow and black. He puts fast ballsstraight to the wicket.

I admire his performance. He isa world famous cricketer. I love myfavourite cricketer.

Isiwara BalasooriyaOxford International

College,Warakapola

My favourite cricketer

I am a coconut tree inMr. Silva's house. I live in his gar-den. I am very tall. My trunk isbrown in colour and very hard.My leaves and fruits are alsobrown in colour.

I am a very useful tree. Mymaster earns a lot of money fromme. Every part of my body is very

important and useful. My leavesare used to burn the hearth. Myekels are used to make ekelbrooms and also my master cansell my fruits and earn money ormy master can scrape the kernelinside the fruit and use it for cur-ries or the kernel can be madeinto oil, which is exported. Myfruits have an outer coveringcalled the husk. Coir can be madeinto mattresses, ropes, floormatsand brooms. The coconut shellcan be made into wooden spoons

and the trunk is used to makerafters for houses.I am very proud of myself

because nothing goes waste inme. I like to live more days with-out being destroyed and also Ilike to be helpful everyday foreveryone.

Maneka Wijesundara(10 years)

Ecole International, Digana

A tree speaks

It was my 11th birthday whenmy father bought something as hispresent for me. It was wrappedneatly with a beautiful paper. My

father asked me not to open theparcel while my party was held. Itwas a book and it was covered withbrown paper. When I opened it Icould see the title of the book was'Ranarala.'During the night I readit but could not read the wholebook. After my breakfast I read thebook again and I finished it beforelunch. I have a book to write thenames of books I have read, and theauthors' names.

The author of 'Ranarala' isGamini Samarakoon. It was abouta great man called Ranarala. He

was an old sailor. One day the ship

he sailed broke, and the men whoworked in the ship went awayusing the lifeboats. Ranaralaremained on the ship to help theWickramasinghe family. The next

day, the ship floated to an island.The story tells of the difficultiesthey faced on the island. However,Ranarala died in the end trying tosave the Wickramasinghe family.The next day a boat came to savethem but only the Wickramasinghefamily left the island. I think thatthis is my favourite book becausethe author has written it as if itwas a real story.

Rajitha Thilakarathna(Grade 8)

Guildhall Academy,Anuradhapura

My favourit e book

My pet

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Create your own little poemand send it in to us. This com-petition is open to age groupsfrom 4 14 years. The poemswill be judged according to theage of the competitor.

Please remember thatthe poems you send shouldbe your own original com-position and not copiedfrom anyone or anywhere.Entries should be in your ownhandwriting and clearly certi-fied as your own creation by ateacher or parent.

Word limit: 100 wordsPlease write 'A POEM

FOR THE WEEK' at the topof your entry.

The winner will receivea book voucher for Rs.500.

The SilentNight Hunter

On silent night wings,

Over silent night things,A barn owl glides,Soaring high, soaring low,Precious time it abides.

A harvest mouse patters out ofher nest,Of all the nights to come outthis was not the best,For already decided tonight isher fate,

And by the time she notices, itis too late.

On this dark, silent night,With the heavens in sight,On silent night wings,Over silent night things,

A barn owl has hunted,For her nestlings' sake,Leaving nothing in her wake,But the wind.

Roshan De Selfa(12 years)

Royal Institute,Nugegoda

Winners July Perahera

1st place4 6 years

2nd place 3rd place

Please note that we have adjusted the age groups for the competition as there is someoverlapping of ages. The age groups will now be as follows:4 6 years, 7 10 years and 11 14 yearsWinners please contact us on 2331276/2326247 and arrange to collect you prizes.

Oshadhee DiasSri Bodhi Vidyalaya, Gampaha

Tharini FernandoSt. Bridget's Convent, Colombo

Chanudi GajadeeraMethodist College, Colombo

1st place7 10 years 2nd place 3rd place

Bhagya PandithakoralegeSt. Bridget's Convent,

Colombo

11 14 years

Ravindu DiasRoyal C ollege, Colombo

Ravindu JayasenaLyceum International School,

Wattala

Ashinsa de Silva WijeyeratneHoly Family Convent,

Bambalapitiya

Shadana BinushiCarmel Girls' Central College,

Chilaw

Thamali KumariPushpadana Girls' School,

Kandy

1st place 2nd place 3rd place

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