Essays

Story of Andhare

Once upon a time. There was a man called Andhare. He was a joaker. He made the king and the royal cauncil laugh. Because of his talent the king gav…

We can’t live without air. No air means death at once. Bad air means bad health. We must have fresh air to keep well and strong. A crowded, stuffy …

Gold is the most precious of all metals. It is so precious because it is so rare. It is found in only a few places in the world. Gold is also the m…

The moon is a ball, like the earth. But it is much smaller than the earth. The moon goes round the earth. It takes twenty-eight days to go right ro…

In old times men thought the Earth was flat. Now we know it is a Round ball. It is a very big ball. It is 25,000 miles round. It floats in space.…

Isaac Newton was a great scientist. He was born in 1642, and died in 1727. He discovered the law of gravitation. It was the falling of an apple in …

We own the radio and the wireless to Guglielmo Marconi. He was born at Bologna in 1874. He became a student in the bologna university. He took up e…

A hobby is an amusement. It is an anything we like doing that is not our regular work. What is a business to one may be a hobby to another. For exa…

The Owl is a very solemn-looking bird. It has big round eyes and a solemn face. It sits quite still for a long time. It seems to be thinking deeply…

The great midnight feasts we used to have are one of the happiest memories of our hostel life. Our hostel master, Mr. Fernando, was a terror and had…

Many folk stories are hundreds or even thousands of years old and the same stories can be found in many different parts of the world. 'Beauty an…

Thanks-giving Day was near. Sithum‟s class teacher asked her students to draw a picture of something for which they were thankful. Most of the c…