How to do the Moonwalk

1. Lift the right heel up.

2. Keep the left foot flat on the floor.

3. Slowly pull the left foot back.

4. Swap heels.

5. Repeat all these steps smoothly in time with the music.

Chimp Cooperation

In this video:
1. Food is hidden under a concrete slab.
2. The chimp is allowed to find the food itself. It tries to lift the slab but can't.
3. A man comes and shows him how to lift the concrete slab up.
4. The chimp tries to lift it alone but then asks for the man's help to lift the slab up.

Tickling Apes

In this video:
1. There is a gorilla in a cage. He's presenting his feet to be tickled and the zookeeper is tickling his feet.

2. A baby oran-utan is lying on the ground and the zookeeper is tickling him. The baby orang-utan is giggling.

The Chimpanzee's Memory

In this video:
1. The chimpanzee is counting from 1 to 9 in the right order and it gets peanuts as a reward,

2. It is counting the numbers which are covered up on the screen.

3. Chimps do this exercise much better than humans because they care more about peanuts!

Netball Injury!

Eight years ago I played a netball match at my school sports meeting.

It was the second half of the match. I felt tired. But I was doing my best to play well. A player from the other team threw the ball to another player and I tried to catch it. Suddenly I lost my balance, slipped and fell.

I don't remember anything about the next few minutes. My friends ran forward to help and took me to the rest room. I had leg wounds and was bleeding.

Teachers, friends and my mum cleaned my wounds, bandaged them and applied antiseptic.
It was so painful and I couldn't bear it!

I felt dizzy with the pain and the shock. It took nearly six hours to recover and it was the most unforgettable and painful experience of my life.
NIRMANI ASANGA

Andare and the Rock

There was a huge rock in a paddy field. It caused a lot of problems for the farmer when he tried to cultivate.

One day the farmer asked for help from his friends and together they tried to remove the rock. They dug around the rock and loosened the small stones around it. But they couldn't move it and tried to think of another way of doing it.

At that moment Andare walked past. One farmer shouted out:
"Hey guys! There's no need for us to work so hard. Here's the man who can do anything: Andare!"

Andare realised that that were trying to embarrass him. So he thought:
"O.K. I'll teach them a lesson that they'll never forget."

"I'll do it for you. But I won't do it without a reward. Iwant black chicken and rice for three days. And a bottle of arrack too."

The farmers gave him everything he wanted and went to the field on the day that Adare said he would remove the rock.

He had brought a rough carpet for the task. Everyone wondered what he was going to do.

Andare went to the rock and without hesitating put the carpet onto his shoulders.
He said:
"Hey! What are you looking at! Pick the rock up and put it on my shoulders so I can remove it from the field. I said I would....Hey! Pick it up!"

Everyone realised that they had been fooled!
NIRMANI ASANGA

Jack Jack, Mack Mack

When Sri Lanka was under British rule they ordered everyone to do what they wanted. Sri Lankan people are very proud. So they hated the British. But they couldn't do anything because they had no power.

The British used to go hither and thither by bullock cart. But the Cart-man was Sinhalese. He used to say this:
"Jack, Jack, Mack, Mack!"
He called the bullock and told it off using an English person's name.

But the British people didn't understand it!
SRIYANI