Archive for April 27, 2008

The postman

                                   The  postman   is a  person  we  all  know  at   the  post  office.  He   goes  from    house  to  house  and   delivers the letters  raceived  by the post office.  He puts  the  letters  in  a  bag  and carries  them  riding  a bicycle.  He is friendly  with  a  lot of  people  in the   village.  He  knows  most  people  and their  addresses.  people  arehappy  to  see  him  stom  at  their  gete  in  the  moming.

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Sculpture of king parakramabahu

                                           Not  even one drob of  water must  flow into the ocean  with   out being useful to  man declaved  parakramabahu the Great  in  the 12 th   century This3.5metre  [11  1/2 foot]  rock sculpture  of  a  baveefoot   man cld only in  what  appears to  be  asarong.  believed to  be   that  of  the  great  king.The  statue is   tuated  just  north  of  the  town  of  polonnarawa    nerar the eastern  banka  of  the king  s gratest  achievement,the parakrma  samudra  [sea of  parakrama]  This  man  -madethank  .covers  an arwaof6,000  acres[2,430nectares ]and supplies water  to a   vast  area  and   minar tanks.  But  there is  another    school  of  thougnt  that  this status  is  that   of  asege  holding  a  stacr  of  manu scripts.

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