Horton plains is situated in the central province.
It is 32 km from Nuwaraeliya. This is the
Highest plateau in our country. It is about 2300 metres.
From sealebel.this was discovered by Sir Robert Horton.
There is a national park. It is about 3160 becgares.
The temperature of Horton plains is 15°c-22°c it gets
about 5000mm rainfall annually
The mean rivers kelani, walawe and the mahaveli start
from this aria .this aria is very
Cold .there are forests and grasslands.there 25 kinds
of animals.such as elak, deer;
Rocksquirrels, wildboar, otter, porcupine, leopard.

there are about 87 kinds of birds and
All so different kind of beautiful flowers.
There are other intesting places beak’s fall,
Chimmini pool and worlds ends.

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Books are made of papers. Books are printed in printing
Presses.thereare various kinds of books. They are text books,
Story book, Novels and book on subjects. They are printed in
English, sihala and Tamil we can borrow books from the
Libraries. Books help us to improve our knowledge.nowmany
Don’t read books.

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The Elephant is a big animal. It is called the
Trunk. It has big ears like winnowing fans
But its small eyes are small it little four. It
Has a thin tail. It eats leaves. It is black
People tame the elephants do heavy work.
They carry logs. The elephant carry the
Sacred tooth relic in Kandy perahera it
Useful animal.

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Sri Lanka is an agri cultural country.
 Many people are farmers. They cultivate kurakkan
, Greeng paddy etc. paddy is the most common long ago
 farmers hadn’t no machinery. They used buffaloes to plough
 thresh the paddy but now farmers have moders machinery.
During the time of over ancient kings farmers cultivated paddy.
 The kings built tanks to store water farmers. Olso rear cattle and
poultry. The farmers walk is not easy he has to work in train and sunshine.

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The butterfly insect. It has two pairs of wing. The wings are very
Beautiful. They have a beautiful design .they suck honey from
Flowers. The female butters lay eggs under leaves .tiney
Catter pillars come out they become big. They make a cocoon
And the sleep in it. After some time the cocoon splits and the
Butterfly comes out. It dries its wings and flies a way its wings

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Whales spend all their lives in the ocean.
But they are more like land animals, whales have lungs.
They breathe throught openings on the tops of their heads.
Those holes are like our nose openings or nostrils.
Whales are unable to breathe in underwater.
Like land animals they have legs.
But those are shaped like flippers.
Though whales are so huge, many of them eat
small fish or shrimp
They do not have teeth but have rows of strong bony
strips instead.
Those are called baleen.
Whales suck sea water through these rows of baleen.
The baleen traps small fishes, shrimp and sea plants
called plankton.
A whale stranded on land is helpless.
The whale’s weight will crush its lungs its lungs.
Its flippers are useless on land.
The whales are very much like a land animal.

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No animal is taller than the giraffes can grow as
Tall as eighteen feet. Their necks and legs are very long.
Their necks and legs are very long. Their necks can be seven
feet long. All giraffes have long eyelashes and dark eyes. Each
has two short horns between its ears. Some
Giraffes are pale yellow with brown spots. Others are brown
With yellow lines. Giraffes live in Africa on the plains. They eat
plants and leaves. They can reach food high on the trees because
they are tall .some giraffes sleep with their necks
Held straight up some rest their heads on their sides. Some
Even sleep standing up. No giraffe sleeps more than a few
Minutes at a time. They all must look for their enemies.
Giraffes can run very fast on their long legs. They can run
Away from their enemies and easily escape. The giraffe is able to
give a fatal kick to the enemies who follow him
Closely.

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Few plants grow in deserts. But a desert is not empty.
Many animals live in deserts. These animals have different
Ways of living in the desert. In hot deserts, some animals
Stay under ground during the day they come out at night.
In cold deserts, animals stay under ground at night. They
Come out in the day. Most desert animals can go for day
With out water. Some animals get most of their water
From seeds they eat. One desert animals is the kangaroo rat.

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Starfish are flat sea animals shaped like star. Most
Starfish have fish arms, but many have more. Some
Have as many as twenty five arms. Not all starfish
Have arms. Some have small points but no real arms.
All starfish have tiny feet on their bottom side. Each
Foot has a suction cup on the bottem. The starfish moves
By moving some of its feet and holding with others.
Many starfish eat clams. They grab the clams with
Their feet. Then they pull until they pry the clam open.
Starfish are seen in many sizes and colors most are
About as big as a person’s hand .some are as tiny as a
Fingernail. Some are three feet across mast star fish
Are orange but many are yellow and red starfish live all
Over the world. Most stay in shallow water near land. it
Has been found that starfish eat coral worms. That destroys
Coral reefs.

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The squirrel is a harmless animal. It has three black
lines on its back .The squirrel is grey colour .Our
small children call it “thun Iri bana” and it suits for
 that animal since that meaning comes from Sinhala language.   
  They take fruits and grains as their food. Its eating behavior
 is very attractive. The squirrel lives
on trees in nest. All like its noise.
 These animals make our environment very pretty and attractive.

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