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Do you know this story? “Gold Axe”

         Once upon a time there lived a wood cutter. He was poor but he had a good life. Every day he went and searched for wood. One day he went to the jungle. He saw a tree. But he had not an axe. After that he came back to the village and he went to the merchant’s house. He asked for an axe. After that Mudalali gave an axe. The villager was happy. Again he went to the jungle.  There was a tree near the river. He started to cut that tree. His axe dropped to the river. He was sad.

        He started to cry. This was seen was seen by a god. He came to that place. The God asked why the man is crying. Then the villager told him what happened. How his axe dropped to the river. The god went to the river and got a god axe.  The God asked “Is this your Axe?” The villager replied, “No, this is not my Axe”. After that the god went to the river and got a silver axe.  The God asked again, “Is this your Axe?” The villager said, “. No, this is not my axe”. After that the god went to the river and got an axe.  The God asked for the third time, “Is this your Axe?” This time the villager said, “Yes this is my axe”. The God was happy. He gave all 3 axes to the villager. The villager thanked the god. The villager went to his village and shelled his axes and made a good life.

          One day the mudalali came to the wood cutter’s house. The mudalai asked his story. After that the mudalali also went to the jungle and started to cut a tree. The mudalai threw his axe into the river. After that he stared to cry.   

                          That was seen by the god again. He came to that place and asked what the reason is? After that the Mudalali told him that his axe dropped to the river. The god went to the river and got a gold axe.  The God asked, “Is this your Axe”? The Mudalali told, “Yes this is my Axe”.  The God was angry. The Mudalali tried to cheat the god but he could not do it. The god scolded the Mudalai and he went. Mudalai was afraid. Mudalai went to his house.

                     Mudalai tried to cheat the God therefore the god got angry with mudalai. The villager did not cheat the God therefore the god helped him. 

National Day

The 60th National Day ceremony was held at the Galle Face on Monday, February 4 under the patronage of President Mahinda Rajapaksa.

60 years ago we got our independence. It was good news for Sri Lankan people. They were happy. This is the story of our Independence.

When the English people came to Sri Lanka and saw what a fertile country it was they wanted to stay. Sri Lanka was famous for its many spices at this time. The Portuguese and Dutch who came before the British also came to Sri Lanka because of this. During this time in world history Portuguese, Dutch and Britain were colonial masters.   At this time Britain had a very big British empire. They ruled a lot of countries from North America (present day USA) to India to Australia. It was a very big empire that it was called the “empire where the sun never sets”. This is because when the sun sets in one country it rises in another country. It’s like when the sun sets in India the sun rises in USA. (Remember when its night time here it’s day time in USA?) Well there you are.

 

         So English people wanted to conquer our country. One day they stared war. But our peoples fought with them. Some times English people won. Some times Singhalaese people won. One day (1815) English peoples and Sri Lankan people’s had a meeting. That day English peoples got control of Sri Lanka. It was called the Kandyan Convention of 1815.

        British people began to grow a lot of plantations like rubber and tea. They had a very powerful Royal navy and Britain were the masters of the seas. They controlled a lot of world trade.  There were some good things British people did to our country too. They built canals, roads and railways. But people were not always happy being ruled by foreigners. They had to follow foreign rules and do things what the British rulers wanted.  Sri Lankan people had their own way of doing things. They had their own culture which was different.

 

        Time went by. English people started troubling our people. Sri Lankan people became angry.  Sri lankan people wanted independence. They stared their first battle for independence) in 1918. English people managed to stop it. It was held by Monaravila kappetipola, Madugalle  and Pilimathalawe.

     After that the second started in 1948. English people stopped this too. It was held by Gongalegoda Bannda. Puran Appu and Kudapola monk.

           After that people like D.S Senanayaka. S.W.R.D. Bandaranayaka. Anagarika Darmapala and other peoples started the third battle for independence but it was not a war. All people came to help this time. They talked with the English people and talked said they want independence. Anagarika Dharmapala thuma (Rev. Anagarika Dharmapala) wrote news Papers about independence. S Mahinda monk wrote poems about independence.  Sri Lankan peoples read and watched it. D.S Senanayaka went to parliament in 1947. He was prime minister. After that he talked with English people about our independence. They agreed to give us our independence.

         After many years in February 1948 we finally got our independence.  

Who checks my English.

About 6 months back I made my blog. Mr. Wanni helped me. My first essay was checked by him. After that Ananda sir and Ranjith sir started to check my essays. One day Wanni sir sent me an email. I read it. It was about Mr. Vickum. Wanni sir told me Mr. Vickum would like to check my essays. Wanni sir told me this. I was happy. He could check my essays now. After that I could add those essays for my blog. He told me my mistakes. Therefore I can understand my mistakes. One day I will also be able to have a good English knowledge. Therefore even after making mistakes I will be able to correct it. One Day I will also write correct English. That is my aim.

These days our tanks.

These days our country has a lot of rainfall, Therefore tanks are full. Many tanks started spill. It is a beautiful scene. Many people go to tanks and they watch this scene. These days Prarakkrama tank, Mahavilachchiya tank. Kala wawa, Rajanganaya and other more tanks remove water. (These days Prarakkrama tank, Mahavilachchiya tank. Kala wawa, Rajanganaya and other tanks have started overflowing?)These are big tanks. Therefore these tanks remove a large amount of water some time these days flood paddy files, houses and roads but peoples don’t like that scene. (Sometimes these days it is flooding and paddy fields and roads are under water People don’t like these scenes. Some times they scold rain but they love rain. Sometimes people don’t like rain specially heavy rains but rain is useful and needed for many things

Google Earth

                              Google earth is very important and useful software. It helps for our academic work, our tourism and other works. If we want to search for any country, cities, or any other place Google earth will help us. If you do not have a map you can download Google earth and use this as a map too. It is very simple.

Some times school teaches gives us home work about maps. Then we can use Google earth to search for information. This is not big software. This is simple software. This software takes only 12 M.B of space but it provides us with a lot of important information. Sometimes we use a map but it will not have all the information we need. When we use maps we are unable to search some data. When we use Google earth we can search this other data too. By using Google earth you can search for all kinds of information.

Have you used Google Earth? If you have not used Google earth you can download this software. You can go to http://earth.google.com and download it. After that you can work with software. This software will help you. If you have any idea please tell me.

We will save plants, Plants will save us.

   Plant life makes the largest contribution for the survival of this delicate eco-system. Plants not only provide us with foods but clothing and clean air too. Plants can also be used as houses.  These houses are used by animals.  Animals make houses by using plants. Plants are needed for the survival of animals and people but people don’t love the environment. We must try to protect the environment. If we save the environment, the environment will save us.

       The environment gives us food, wood, and oxygen etc. If we destroy plants, how can birds and other animals make their houses?  How can they live? How can they search for food? Can you give an answer? All animals are innocent but some people don’t know this.

           Do you know about our past people? They had a good life. They and the animals were good friends. They did not destroy plants and animals. Plants helped them. They lived in harmony with plants and animals therefore they had a good life. They could understand how to live with the environment. But present people don’t understand this. These days the environment is very warm. This is because we cut down too many trees. When we cut down too many trees it badly affects the environment. We should always plant back trees when we cut them. This will save our planet and help us for our survival. We must love our environment and protect it for our own good.

DID YOU WATCH THIS FILM?

Last moth (October) there was a Poya day. That day was free for me. I watched a film. The name of the film was about Lord Buddha. It was about the life of Lord Buddha. In it they show how Prince Siddhartha’s childhood days, how he studies and his search for Nirvana. (The path to end suffering)

The first part of the film is about his birth. He was born in Lumbini, Sal Park. His mother was Queen Mahamaya. Queen Mahamaya died 7 days after she gave birth to her son. Prince Siddhartha’s father’s name was king Suddhodana. His best friend was Channa. One day Asitha thausa (Asitha the sage) came in to palace. He met the king and told him that Siddhartha will become a “Sakwithiraja” (king of all Kings) or become a Buddha. The King was worried about this and didn’t want his son to lead an ascetic life. He tried to protect is son. He built 3 palaces to protect his son. One for winter, one for summer and another for the rainy season. One day the king decided to arrange for his marriage. He sent for all the beautiful girls and asked him to choose his wife. Prince Siddhartha married Yasodhara and the king was happy. The King also ordered a high wall to be built around the palace and the park. But Prince Siddhartha was not happy living like this. He wanted to see his kingdom. He told his father. The King agreed and decorated the city. The happy Prince went with Channa.

When he went to explore the city Siddhartha saw an old man, a dead body, monk and an ill man. He began to think and ask questions about what he saw. He wanted to know why people became sick and why they die. Why they suffer? Also he saw the monk was happy. He asked Channa about this. Channa said that monks tell people how to be happy. Then the Prince thought he should also become a monk. That night Prince Siddhartha called his best friend Channa and they went on a long journey. They went on horseback and Siddhartha rode on his favourite horse Kanthaka. They went to Neranjana nadia. He told his plans to Channa. Channa came to the palace and told about this. Siddhartha started his work. He met paswaga monks. They helped him. He soon learnt all he could from them. But still he was not satisfied. He was not satisfied till he found out the true meaning of life. When he saw that his teachers could not teach him nothing more he went by himself to find it out. After years of deep meditation and learning he finally attained enlightenment. He was now Lord Buddha (the enlightened/knowing one). Now he understood the true meaning of life and wanted to share this Dharma (knowledge) with the rest of the world. He wanted to help mankind to live a meaningful life and to show them the path to nirvana (the path to end suffering). That is what Lord Buddha taught this world.

MY FAVORITE WRITER

There are so many writers who can speak to the heart of the ordinary people. Some of them are so special and memorable like my favorite writer Martin Wickramasingha. He could write very well. I have read many of his books like Madoldoowa, Gamperaliya, Kaliyugaya and etc. Martin Wickramasingha was born in koggala and it is interesting to read about his childhood. One day I read a book about his childhood. It was very interesting. By reading about it I could understand about his family and his life in the village.

Martin Wickramasingha had good ides, therefore he could write stories and novels well. His stories are very famous and read by a lot of people. Some of his novels have been used for films and tele-dramas also. These are some examples: Madolduuwa and Gamperaliya. I have watched these films. There were good. Some of his stories are in our school syllabus also. I think this is a good thing because Martin Wickramasingha is one of the greatest writers.

Did You Read This By Any Chance?

Brand new laptop for village blogger

 

Did you read this news? This news had Sunday Times news paper.  Now you can read this news.

“Seventeen year old Tharanga Sampath is the proud owner of a brand new latop for being the best blogger at Horizon Lanka Academy in Mahavilachchiya village in north-central Sri Lanka.

The laptop was donated by Dr. Ing. E. Leuthold from Switzerland in coordination with the Lak Saviya Foundation after contacting the Horizon Lanka Foundation in April, Horizon said. Leuthod has already promised to send two more laptops for the next two best students.

What began as an after school club providing children further education in English and computers, Horizon Lanka has branched out, providing an all round education to the village children.

It has expanded into the information age and now services the entire community with computer labs with 24 hour Internet access. Staff at the Foundation describes Tharanga as ’showing a keen interest in Horizon affairs for the past few months since he joined the Foundation.’

He has recently been given the responsibility of handling lessons for juniors and ‘has the good quality of fulfilling whatever duty is assigned to him with a great deal of preparation and devotion.’ (NG)”