* 20 Kids World July 29, 2007

My favourite cousin A national heroine Long time ago there The boat drifted Elara and My favourite cousin's name is lived a beautiful, kind Down South and she became the Jovianne and we call her little Jovy. and wise princess in met King Kavantissa King of Sri She is very light to carry. My mother . Her name at Kirinda. Later the Lanka. likes her very much. If you clap her was Vihara Maha king married her and Queen hands she will dance but the dance Devi. Her father was they had two great Vihara is just swaying. She likes to watch King Kelani Tissa who sons, Gemunu and Maha Devi TV but it is bad for her eyes. had his kingdom in Tissa. At that time a was a brave princess, a One day we went to pick my Kelaniya. Chola King named good mother and a cousin and went home. I wanted to The king punished a Elara ruled great lady. carry her. Then I ate pancakes and monk brutally and the Anuradhapura and Colombo's former went to sleep with her. When I woke sea got angry and sent harassed the Sinhala Victoria Park was up she was not there. In the night a tsunami to his land. people. Prince Gemunu renamed Vihara Maha she came again. She ate food with To save the kingdom, grew older, strong and Devi Park to honour me but she has no teeth so she ate princess Vihara Maha brave and became King her. We must be proud crushed biscuits. My mother Devi sacrificed herself Dutugemunu. Queen of Vihara Maha Devi . crushed it for her and she ate it in to the sea. She was Vihara Maha Devi one gulp and cried for more. My sent to sea by boat but helped and advised her Bhagya cousin watches a lot of TV and she the tsunami didn't kill son to fight and defeat Pandithakoralege doesn't mind what TV show she her as she was kind Elara. Finally King (8 years) watches. and good. Dutugemunu killed St. Bridget's Convent Indy Miltaso (Grade 4) Ladies College Nature My teachers My teacher's names are Aunty Lasanthi The National and Aunty Niranjala. They are very nice and kind. They teach me Maths, Sinhala and of Sri Lanka English. They do hard work. They are very The of Sri Lanka nice to me. I like them. They make me happy. is called the Lion Flag. Vijaya the first king of Sri Lanka brought a Shayanne Nicholas flag with a lion on it. Ever since, (Grade 2) the lion symbol became an impor- Bishop's College tant symbol. The great King Dutugemunu carried a banner which had a lion with a sword on it Horse race when he came to fight King Elara. The last king to use the lion flag was Sri Wickrama Rajasinghe. Then the British captured Sri Lanka and the lion flag was Rahel Kirinde Ashane (Grade 4) Perera replaced by the , the Royal College (6 years) British Flag. The flag was taken to St. Benedict's England but when Sri Lanka was College fighting against British rule, they remembered the lion flag . Mr. E. W. Perera, a person who Funny fruits and vegetables A beautiful day fought for Sri Lanka's independ- ence found our flag in England. Then again the flag came to be used. However, the present flag was designed at the time of D. S. Senanayake, the first prime minis- ter of Sri Lanka. As Sri Lankans we must bring glory to the flag.

Shehan Dias (8 years) Hiruni Cooray Viruna Cooray St. Peter's College (6 years) (3+ years) Bishop's College Nugegoda * July 29, 2007 Kids World 21

Create your own little poem and send it in to us. This com- petition is open to age groups from 4 - 14 years. The poems will be judged according to the age of the competitor. Please remember that the poems you send should be your own original com- position and not copied from anyone or anywhere. Entries should be in your own handwriting and clearly certi- My class Beautiful Sri Lanka fied as your own creation by a teacher or parent. My country is Sri some of them. Word limit: 100 words Lanka. It is an island We have many Please write 'A POEM surrounded by the wildlife parks such as FOR THE WEEK' at the top Indian Ocean. It is Yala, Wilpattu and of your entry. known as the Pearl of Kumana. We have trop- The winner will receive the Indian Ocean. ical weather all around a book voucher for Rs.500. My class is 2F. There Sinhalese are the the year. The luxury are 36 children in my majority race. Tamils, hotels and sandy beach- class. Our class teacher's Muslims and Burghers es on the southern coast name is Mrs. Pavithra also live here. Sri Lanka of Sri Lanka attract Yahampath. is famous throughout tourists to spend their My stupendous class the world as a tourist holidays by the sea. It has a white board I'm in a class called Y6 (M). paradise. They enjoy and a black board. It has In class we learn Science, The botanical gar- swimming, diving and a cupboard and a book English and Maths, dens at Peradeniya and bathing in the sun. rack too. My class is From History and Geography we the Haggala gardens at Nuwara Eliya and beautiful and clean. I get loads of facts. Nuwara Eliya attract Bandarawela are very love my class very much. Sometimes we play games and more and more tourists beautiful because lots of have fun, Sarindri De Silva to Sri Lanka to come tea bushes are grown. Like in P.E. we run in the boiling (Grade 2) and see these beautiful So there is a lot of hot sun. Musaeus College places. The moun- greenery there. The peo- But some lessons are really tains, winding rivers ple of our country are boring, and spectacular water- very hospitable. I love The four races When I look around I see people falls give great beauty my country very much. snoring. in our country to our country. There For Drama we make awesome are many ancient his- Maneth Fernando plays, torical ruins. (10 years) But we always listen to what the Polonnaruwa, Sigiriya Asian International teacher says. and Anuradhapura are School For music we sing lots of songs, The hard thing is sometimes we Freedom of birds and get all the words wrong. Note And don't forget Kandyan dance, butterflies Please ensure that all We jump, skip, jiggle and prance. articles, poems and pic- Now this year has passed, tures sent for publication But I'll never forget my stupen- are certified by a parent dous class! or teacher as your own original work. We have Medha Sharma (12 years) found that some articles Joshua Aldons The British School in and poems sent to us have Colombo (7 years) been copied from the work S. Thomas' College, published by others. Mt. Lavinia Janani Gajadheera (7 years) Vidura College