Picture Readers: Grade 6

It was raining hard when school finished.

I waited at the with my friend Kamal.

The on the shop wall showed half past five.

"The last comes at six," Kamal said.

We stood under one and watched the water run down the road.

A went past and splashed us both.

At last the came, and it was almost empty.

We sat near the and talked all the way home.

My took my old to the near the .

His shop was small and there was cloth on every .

"Can you make this bigger?" my asked him.

The looked at the and smiled.

"He is growing too fast," he said.

I stood in front of the while he measured my arms.

My gave him a and we walked home.

On Friday the fitted me perfectly.

There is a small behind our .

Last term the was dirty and there were no in it.

People threw things in instead of using the .

Our class decided to clean it.

We worked there every Friday afternoon for a month.

Then we put up a board beside it.

By November the was clear again.

Last week somebody saw a small .

Our village had no electricity until last year.

I used to do my homework beside an .

The light was weak and my hurt after an hour.

Then men came and put a on our .

Now one burns in every room after dark.

My says the works for us all day and asks for nothing.

I can read my until nine o'clock.

My marks are better this term.

Every morning at ten the comes down our lane on his .

His bag is always full and he never stops to rest.

Last Monday he brought a letter for my .

It was from the university in Colombo.

She read it twice and then she began to cry.

"I passed," she said.

My ran to the with a .

My went to the and bought for the whole lane.