A spider monkey, new to Washington. Park Zoon in Michigan City, Indiana (U.S.A) used a garden house
to scale the walls of a moat and a break for freedom.

Workers were cleaning the moat at the time. Zoo Director Johnny Martinez says workers had figured the
monkeys would remain inside their enclosure during the cleaning even though moat was empty of water.

However, one monkey made it past the moat, grabbed the house and jumped onto the roof of a water filtration plant.

The 2001 staff recaptured adventurous monkey at a nearby bout dealership, where they found it perched atop a white and blue speedboat.

Martinez says the freedom seeking monkey is sociable and was not any danger to people.

Coconut is a household name is Sri Lanka. Almost everyone uses coconut when it comes to preparing meals. Milk of this nut is used for curies and coconut is mostly used for frying. Desiccated coconut can be used for preparing different kinds of foods as well as delicious toffees and all the other parts of this tree are very impotent. A variety of eco friendly products can be made from this wonder tree.

Kitchen ware and ornaments are made out of coconut wood and brooms and brushes are made from coconut fiber and ekel. Apart from these , mattresses, cushions and fancy vases are produed out of rubberized coconut coir. Elegant door mate are also turned out from coconut fiber.

Colorful ornaments made from coconut shells are also in good demand.

Coconut is one of the main export products in Sri Lanka and undoubtedly this is the tree of life.

                     Coral reefs are called the ‘rainforest of the sea’. Like

      rainforests on land, they are bursting with Life. The reef itself is

     made up of the skeletons of tiny coral animals called polyps,

     which are related to sea anemone.

                     The coral polyp take mineral salt from the sea to grow

     hard Skeletons, like tiny cups, around the base of their Soft bodes.

     When a polyp dies, its Skeleton remains. More and more of these

     Skeletons build up on one another, forming the reef. Coral need 
     warmth, so they can only live in water with a temperature. Over

     21 degrees Fahrenheit.

                       A coral polyp has a simple body with a single opening

     at the top. This is surrounded by tentacles, which are armed with

     stinging cells. The polyp uses its tentacles to catch prey and put in
     its mouth which is in the centre of its body.

                         Coral reefs are important to protect the shoreline and

     we must not destroy corals                                    

                         Water is very important for all human 

        beings, animals and plants. Chemicals and other

        harmful substances pollute water. This  would

         result in the pollution of streams, lakes, river

         and seas. Sever  water pollution can kill large

         numbers of fish and other animals. People who
         use this polluted water can fall ill.
                      Humans polluted water in many ways.

          Insecticides  and fertilizers used in large quantities

          In  forming are some examples of ways of polluting 

          water. When it rains these chemicals flow into streams,

          lakes and rivers. Harmful chemicals, gases and waste
          materials are also sometimes released from industrial

          factories into waterways.

                        We should control ways of water pollution.

          We can do this by helping to keep our sources of water

          clean. In  agriculture we should not overuse chemicals.

          Another way of preventing water pollution is ton build

          cleaning treatment plants in factories. If we stop throwing
          waste into lakes, rivers, and seas  they will  be clean and

          beautiful  forever.

            Everyone of us has a hobby. A person who pursues a  hobby

 is never dull or idle. It helps to spend our leisure in meaningful
 and useful manner.

                 There are many different kinds of hobbies. Many take form
of collect coins, picture post cards and sea shells. My hobby is collecting

stamps. It is also called philately. We can learn many things through this

hobby. It is instructive, educational and also profitable.

                  Now I have nearly nine hundred stamps. Both local and foreign.
 I get stamps  from my friends. We can learn about the culture, fauna and flora,
 history, discoveries, inventions and biographies of great men through stamps.

                The rare  and very old stamps can be sold and very high prices.

 There are stamps in various shapes. Some are in square, rectangular and

 triangular shape, some are large and some are small.

               In  postage stamps there are errors, freaks and flows. These  stamps

 are considered rare .Such stamps fetch great prices.

               I also collect first day covers first Day covers are issued on the

day a stamp is newly released. Therefore first day covers are as valuable
as stamps.

        Today  Sri  Lanka  is  facing  the  danger  of  losing  one  of  nature’s
precious  gifts, the  wild  Elephants form  our jungles.   This  is  due 
to the  decrease  in  the  number  of  elephants living  in  the  wild. More 
than nature  human   beings are  responsible  for  their  decrease  in
number. Among those  responsible  for  destroying   elephant   are   the
poachers  who  kill  elephants  for  their  tusks. This  is  a  sad   situation
where  life   has  to  be  destroyed  for  money . Apart  from  this  those
who  purchase  items  made  of  ivory  or   elephant  hair  are   also 
responsible   for  the  diminishing  number  of  elephants.
                  Immediate  steps  must  be  taken  if  we  are  to  prevent  elephants
  from  disappearing  from   our  motherland . Laws  against  poaching   must   be
 string   thinned  and   implemented . Forest   rangers must be   empowered  to   take
 action  against  hunters . It  is  also  necessary   to  set  up  more  orphanages 
 such  as  the  one  in   pinnawellato  look  after  the  injured   and   the   orphaned .
                The   media  should   play   a  large   role  in  raising  public 
Awareness   in  protecting    our   wild   elephants . As  elephants  are   a
national   heritage  it  is  our  duty   to  see  that   they   roam   freely  in
our  wilds  for  many   years  to  come . 

 chandani.pathma@gmail.com
            
           

           
Sigiriya is  an  ancien  rock fortress.
It was  built  by  King  Kasyapa.
Sigiriy is  world  famous  for its  frescoes.
Foreign  tourists  whocome  to Sri Lanka never fail  to
visit  Sigiriya.
It  is  a   place   of   archaeological  and  historical   value.
We can  see  the  graffit  or  verses  on  mirror  wall.
These verses  had  bee  written  by  the  Ancien  visitoes.
These  verses  help  us  about the evolution  and  develop ment
of  our  language.
There  are  nearly  700  such  verses  on  this  mirror  wall.
Athough  king  kasyapa  is  rearded  as  a  patricide, he  was  a
 lover  of  art.
That’s  why be had created  such  a  beautiful fortress with
 attractive  paintings of   beautiful  ladies.
We  have to climb up the rock along a flight of steps through the
 mouth of a large carved  lion.
That’s  why  it is  called  ‘Sinhagiri’  or  ‘sigiri’.
The  rock  is  600ft  in  height.
There  are  ruins of an ancient palace on the top of the rock.
There  is  also  a  moat around   the  rock.
 Sigiriya is  regaded  as eighth  wonder of the world.
                                                         
                               Written  by   
                                                        Pathma.
 
                                   chandani.pathma@gmail.com

 Birds   in  Sri  Lanka

There   are various  kind  of  birds  in  Sri  Lanka. 
Some  of  them  live  in  trees. 
Some  live  close  to  the  swamps  and  some  live  in
 hollows  in trees.
There  is  a  well-known  bird  Sactuary  in  Kumana.
We  can  see  different  kinds  of  birds  there. 
There  are  some  indigenous  birds. 
Also  live  in  Kumana. 
But  some  birds  live  in  every  part  of  the  country.
Many  Sri  Lankan  and  foreigners  come  to  visit  these
 beautiful   birds  every  day. 
                                             Written   by,
                                              E.L. Pathma   Chandani