Hope, wish, fantasy….

Call it what you may,
everyone dreams of
being someone or doing
something different when they
grow up. Some dream of being
astronauts, rocket scientists, space explorers… Some dream of being clowns, comedians and running away to a circus. Still others wish to be lawyers, doctors, cricketers or superstars.

The sky, as they say, is the limit
to your dreams… But what’s the
fun if you keep it all to yourself?
So why not put pen to paper, or finger to keyboard, and share
with us what you dream of being
when you grow up? You can mail

your dreams, along with your
photograph to husnakghs
@yahoo.com or send it by snail
mail to ‘Junior Observer’, No. 35,

D.R. Wijewardene Mawatha,
Colombo 10.

by Husna Inayathullah

I yearn to be a pilot

My name is Chaniru Abeysooriya. I am 8 and I study at Lyceum International School, Nugegoda. My wish is to become a pilot because I love to fly planes. My hobby is collecting different standard plane structures. I have structures of a water plane, Emirates plane and a SriLankan plane. I wish I could fly an Emirates plane one day and that is my only dream.

My ambition is to be an engineer

My name is Jenaro Perera. I study in Grade Nine at St. Anthony's College, Wattala. My ambition is to become an engineer. There are different types of engineers. I like to be a mechanical engineer. I am very good in Mathematics. I like to get myself involved in vehicles and other machinery. I am studying hard to achieve this ambition. I hope my dream comes true.

I want to enter the medical college

My name is Minoli Keyara. I am 12 years and I study at Bolawalana Ave Maria Convent, Negombo. My dream is to be a doctor one day. I like to help the poor and the sick. I will study hard and enter the medical college. I pray to God that my ambition will become a reality one day.

I like to fly a plane

My name is Thisath Dilnuka Hettiarachchi. I study in Grade Four at Rawathawaththa Methodist College, Moratuwa. My ambition is to become a pilot and fly a plane. I will take my passengers safely to their destinations. My favourite subjects are Mathematics and English. My parents and my siblings will help me to achieve my ambition.