9 years and below
A birthday party I enjoyed
It was March 8th and it was my birthday. I was so happy. But I thought that everyone had forgotten it. That night an amazing thing happened. My dad came home bringing a big cake! I was surprised. Then my cousins and friends also came. I was so, so happy.
My parents, sisters, cousins and my friends all gave me a lot of presents. Then I cut the cake and we all ate it. It was so delicious. We danced and sang songs too. It was so fun.
At last it was12 o’clock in the night. Everyone went to their homes and I opened my presents. There were t-shirts, frocks, dolls, table lamps, bags, pencils and many more things like that. My mother said, “Let’s go on a trip tomorrow,” so I was happy. Then I went to sleep and dreamt about my birthday party and the trip. It was the best birthday party ever.
Emma Bogammana (Grade 4)
Maliyadeva B. V., Kurunegala
10 – 12 years
Planning a surprise birthday party
It was the day I was waiting for. I was planning a surprise party for my cousin sister Jandia because it was her birthday. First I acted as if I didn’t remember anything about her birthday, and I didn’t ring her up. However, I took a pencil, paper and eraser to make her a birthday card. Then I wrapped up all the presents and gifts and kept it in a corner.
After that I called my family to help me arrange the things in the particular room. My mother helped me to blow and hang the balloons. My brother ordered a chocolate icing cake for her. My father helped me to keep the gifts nicely and my grandmother helped me to hand the banner saying ‘Happy Birthday’.
After we had done everything, the room looked prettier. We switched off the lights in the room and went outside. Thing I called up my Bappa asking him to bring her to our house and he agreed.
After a few minutes they came to our house. As they stopped the car, I opened the door of the car and took my cousin out, closed her eyes and took her to the room. The party started as the firecrackers burst with a boom!
Vinudi Ranaweera (10 years)
Horizon College Int., Malabe
If I could invent a robot
If I could invent a robot, I would create it so that it could do almost anything that I say. I would give the robot a nice name like Frank or Deathbringer or Jose´ and I would design him in such a way that he would be the smartest robot on Earth. For one thing, the robot would be able to transform or shape-shift into any electrical item that I want. So he could be a mobile phone, an ipod or a laptop computer, if I wanted. Then I would be able to summon my robot while he was in the form of a laptop.
My robot would be the most intelligent of all; like a walking, talking Wikipedia. I could browse for information and he would give me answers. He would also help with my homework and studies. I could ask my robot to clean my room and he will. If I get bored, I would turn him into a mobile phone so that I could read books on him.
Most importantly, my robot would act like a bodyguard for me. If I was in some kind of danger, my robot would judo-flip the person who was troubling me.
If I could invent a robot, I would consider him as my friend and companion and we would have happy times together.
Panchalee Hewage (13 years)
Lyceum Int. School, Ratnapura
