A Cub Camporee

 Prepared by Md.Monzur Qudrati,

 Senior Teacher in English at ACPS

A Camporee is a gathering of cubs from different parts of Bangladesh

Clubs all over the world have their own camporee. Last January, I

attended a cub camporee. It was my first visit and it was my first time

away from home. There were twelve persons who were the

participants in the camporee. It was held in Srimangal. I did many

things in the camporee. I cleaned up the area and set up our tents,

Then I prepared my breakfast. I played games with cubs from other

parts of Bangladesh. I enjoyed the time by singing, painting and

drinkingi tea of seven colours.

 The Hare and the Tortoise

Once there lived a hare and a tortoise in a forest. The hare saw the

tortoise when he was walking in the forest. He laughed at the tortoise

because he was the slowest animal in the forest. So, the tortoise

became angry and proposed the hare to run a race. They agreed to

start from a big tree and finish at the river. They called their friends to

watch their race on the mid way. The hare stood beside the tortoise

and the race began. The hare took rest but the tortoise reached the

ending point steadily and won the race. It proves that slow but steady

wins the race.

 Life of a Girl with Impaired Vision

The life of a girl with impaired vision is very hard and difficult as she

can’t see. She depends on smell and touch. She has a strong power

of smelling. She can’t enjoy the beauty of nature because she doesn’t

see. She can’t see anything. She can’t see the flowers, the blue sky

and the new green leaves on the trees. She cannot see these

because she is visually impaired. She has been unable to see since

she was born. She feels difficulty in the advancement of her life. If

other people help her, she can go ahead defying all odds of life
 Dream of a Girl with Impaired vision

Everyone has a dream in life. But nobody knows that a girl with

impaired vision has also a dream. Maria is such as a girl. She wants to

set up a school of her own so that she can teach visually impaired

children. Before that she wants to be a writer. She wants to write a

book about her feelings and experience. She wants to show other

impaired people that they can do amazing things. Though she is

visually impaired, she wants to show other blind children that they can

do something great. Indeed, the blind people are helpless but they can

fulfill their dream with strong determination and hard labour.

 Damages caused by Flood

Flood is a natural disaster. It may cause due to cyclone or heavy rain

It submerges the entire affected area. It damages crops, roads,

bridges, houses and so on. It sometimes washes away children and

old aged people. The after effect of flood is miserable. People don’t

get pure drinking water and suffer from different diseases like

diarrhea, cholera etc. People lose their shelter and suffer

detrimentally. Indeed, the situation goes beyond description as

people’s sufferings know no bound after flood or any other natural

calamity.
 The Liberation War Museum

The Liberation war Museum is located at Segunbagicha in Dhaka, the

capital of Bangladesh.It helps us to commemorate the Bangladesh

Liberation war which led to the independence of Bangladesh from

Pakistan. Bangabandhu Sheikh Mijibur Rahman declared the

independence.This declaration is preserved here. There are six

galleries that exhibit rare photographs, documents, newspaper

clippings and objects used by the freedom fighters and martyrs of our

liberation war. Visitors go there to collect or get information about our

Liberation War.
 A Visit to the Liberation War Museum

The Liberation War Museum is located at Segundbagicha in Dhaka.

On 14 December our class went on a field trip to this museum. Our

bus reached the museum at 10 am. A guide was waiting for us. He

welcomed us warmly and took us on a quick tour of the different

galleries and exhibited of the museum. We saw photographs

documents and newspaper clippings in different galleries. We were

sad as we looked at the personal belongings of some of our martyred

intellectuals and freedom fighters. We left the museum at 12:30 pm.

Before that we watched a video film on our Liberation War and our

Independence. It was an experience that I will never forget.

 My Last Birthday Celebration

It was 21st February when I celebrate my last birthday. My mother held a party for

me. I invited my classmates and friends to my birthday party. My mother

prepared many delicious foods such as chicken fry, fish ball and my other foods

and we put up the decorations. When my classmates and friends came, they gave

their presents and said happy birthday to me. We played a lot of games such as

hangman, catching, computer games and other exciting games. After playing the

games, we were hungry and ate the food. My classmates and friends sang the

birthday song to me. I blew the candles and made a wish before cutting the cake.

Then, we ate the cake happily. Everybody enjoyed my party very much. I hope my

mother would hold another birthday party for me next year again.
 Cyclone Aila

Cyclone Aila hit the southern part of Bangladesh in 2009.It was an awful natural

disaster. Many people had to die due to this dangerous calamity. It was in the

morning on 25 May 2009 when the wind started to blow slightly and it was

raining lightly. But when it was late afternoon, the wind was blowing heavily.

People felt afraid and they ran to their home for safe shelter. But most of their

houses flew away. People also lost their crops, trees and many other belongings.

After the cyclone, people suffered a lot. They didn’t have drinking water or

sufficient food to eat. Most of the people took shelter in schools and colleges in

their localities.