Act out (Activity 2.2 A)

Jeewaka and Yasith are very good friends. One day they watched a very interesting TV programme on birds at Jeewaka’s house.

Yasith:⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀It was a very interesting programme, wasn’t it?

Jeewaka:⠀⠀⠀⠀It was indeed. I learnt many new things about birds.

Yasith:⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀That’s true. This was the first time I’ve heard the names of certain birds.

Jeewaka:⠀⠀⠀⠀Do you remember the beautiful white bird with a crest? It was very beautiful, wasn’t it?

Yasith:⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀Yes, you mean the Kagu? It’s sad that it can’t fly.

Jeewaka:⠀⠀⠀⠀Hmm. By the way, would you like to know more about birds?

Yasith:⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀Of course! They’re beautiful creatures.
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀I wish I could be as free as a bird and fly high in the sky.

Jeewaka:⠀⠀⠀⠀Ha…ha…mind you, not all birds can fly.

Yasith:⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀Really? Are there many flightless birds?

Jeewaka:⠀⠀⠀⠀Let’s go to my room.
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀I’ve got something to show you.

Yasith:⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀What is it?

Jeewaka:⠀⠀⠀⠀This is my sister’s scrap book.
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀She’s a member of the School Zoologists’ Association.
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀She has many scrap books.
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀This one’s on birds in Sri Lanka, both local and migrant.

Yasith:⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀Wow! It’s so beautiful.

Jeewaka:⠀⠀⠀⠀Yes, she has a lot of other books too.
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀You know Yasith, she wants to become an ornithologist.

Yasith:⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀What? I didn’t get it.

Jeewaka:⠀⠀⠀⠀Well, that is a person who studies about birds.

Yasith:⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀Ah! That’s wonderful.