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Children’s Corner

WHY A FLY CAN WALK ON THE CEILING?m#S@sÁt ãÄ@M y`h#¿ a#û?

On the last joint of a fly’s foot there are two claws, so tiny thatthey can be seen only through a microscope. They help him towalk up the wall; they cannot support him when he crawlsalong the ceiling, but between those claws there is always justenough of a sticky substance to hold him safely in his upside-down position. He holds his place just as safely on the windowpane or on a well-polished bald head; he likes to think he isskating on a bald pate, but the owner of the pate does not sharehis enjoyment.

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♦ Auntie Ramani (ruKS kekaod )

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♦ uodrd iudê fmf¾rd

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m%uqos;d is;=ñKS uä.fmd,weursldfõ le,s*dakshdfõ fkda¾;arsÊ kï fmfofia ish fouõmshkaiu. fjfiñka b;d WkkaÿfjkawOHdmkfha fhfok Ñ;%Ys,amhgiqúfYaI oCI;d we;s i;a yeúrsosmshlre isxy< oershls' fï fkdfndaod weursldfõ iqm%lg mdrsirslixúOdkhla jk fldaiag,a weursldu.ska meje;ajQ uyiuqÿr ms<sônqjk oSm jHdma; Ñ;% ;rÕfhaoS

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fjdIsxgka k.rfha mej;s

Pramuditha with her award-winning drawingm%uqos;d is;=âKs iàudkh oskQ ish î;%h iu.

From 1500 contestants, Sri Lankan girl Pramuditha Sithumini (7yrs) wins

the 1st Prize in ‘Coastal AmericaOcean Art Contest’

Pramuditha - the little girl in the middle of thefront row - is flanked by other winners and

organisers of the Coastal Ocean Art Contest.tu iïudk Wf<f,gm%uqos;d yd wehf.a foudmshkag ixúOdkh u.skaúfYaI wdrdOkd iy myiqlï msrskud ;sìK'

m%uqos;d le,sfmdakshdfõksjeis uyskao uä.fmd<iy Y%Smd,s fldgqje,a,hqj,f.a nd, oshKshhs'

úfYaI oCI;d msrsmqka fïisÕs;s l,dldrshg oSma;su;awkd.;hlg wms b; is;skaiqqnm;uq`

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Pramuditha Sithumini Madigapola is a 7-year-old Sinhala girl living and schooling inNorthridge California. She won the NationalAward for the best entry in the art & essay com-petition organised by Coastal AmericaOrganisation, in which over 1,500 students par-ticipated from schools around the US, Canadaand Mexico. This is her 7th national award,among many other awards she has won for herpainting talents. Pramuditha attends AndasolElementary School in Northridge, CA.

She is the youngest daughter of MahindaMadigapola and Sripali Kotuwella residing inNorthridge, California, USA.

Dear Pramuditha,Congratulations ! Your art-work has been selected as thefirst place winner in Group 1of the 2011-2012 CoastalAmerica Ocean Art Contest.Over 1,500 students participat-ed in the contest from schoolsaround the U.S. Canada andMexico. You should be proudto know that your artwork andessay was selected among allof those submitted as an out-standing expression of one ofthe Essential Ocean Principles.The masterpiece you producedis a wonderful example of howart can be an effective learningtool and inspire ocean stew-ardship.

Virginia K. Tippe Director - Coastal America

The Coastal America - apartnership betweenfederal, state, and localgovernment agenciesaims to protect, pre-serve, and restore thenation's coastal andmarine ecosystems