Self-Centered Old Ted. By Samara

 

With parties and gifts and applause in his head,

This was the life Ted had happily led.

He cared not much about the poor people he met,

He just remained, the proud, self-centered old Ted.

Gaming with friends and lazing around,

Building play tents and messing the ground.

With a thought about his future,

His parents turned pale.

But all they could do now was to scold him

And just wail.

A day came when there was a soft knock on his door,

The moment he opened it,

He saw a little boy standing there in dazzling white clothes.

The minute Ted saw him, he knew him at once.

He had seen the same boy in pictures and door fronts.

The little boy in his soft gentle voice said,

“Ted, how long will you run away from me?”

With an ashamed face and a tear in his eye,

Ted to all his bad habits, said goodbye.

He begged for forgiveness from his mum and dad

His dad replied, “Oh, you are such a good lad”.

His evil ways were mended and

With a smile on their faces, they could only thank

the infant Jesus through whom, all this had ended.

                                                                                                    ~ Samara Miriam Joe

Heart of Stone by Riya Ashish

 There was a boy, whose heart was made of stone,

And really, really cold;

But his story is yet to be told.

His name is Roy,

Oh, he was an ordinary boy….

Though there was one thing missing;

His heart was sinking

One sunny morning

While down the road he was walking…..

He saw an old beggar,

Who had some leather

He was sitting there yonder,

“Should I help him?” he wondered.

He decided to give the beggar some money

This to him was as soothing as honey.

He hurried down the road

As he had a train to board

But slowed down his pace

As he thought of the joy on the beggar’s face

That melted his heart

Like warm, sweet pineapple tarts.

He decided he should help

And pay more attention to yelps;

With that determination he went,

Helped his neighbor pay the rent

Did so many other things,

Like look for Ms. Maylie’s rings.

Ask me why??

You’ll soon find out. That’s not a lie!

But he was never the same

He was no more lame

His heart was now like a soft pillow

And love from his heart billowed.

There was a rumor in town,

Everyone had this thought profound

That stone hearted Roy

Was finally a loving boy!

As for Roy he was glad

As his heart was no longer sad

He finally found a remedy

That could cure anybody;

Whose heart was made of stone,

And really, really cold!

-by Riya Ashish, Class 7,OLSH

Mother's Birthday by Rozanne Neil

 Today is my mother’s birthday,

Having fun everyday

She teaches me how to do work,

Play and have some fun.

She shouts at me sometimes,

She advices me all the time

She plays with me every day,

My Mother leads my way.

I love her a lot,

She loves me a lot

We have fun every day,

We play together all day.

Because of her I became a prefect,

She treats me just like a pet

I love her a lot,

She is the best mother in the world.

-Rozanne Neil

More by Sitara Pinto

People who are poor give more 

 though they have less. 

People who have lots

Want more more more …

People have lots, 

Count the number they give. 

While the poor just give give give and,

continue to live. 

We all have a life don’t forget , or 

count the value twice.

Just be humble, kind and diligent and most of all 

love others and give give give.

Sitara , Class 7 , OLSH

I wrote this poem based on mother Teresa quotes we tend to ask God for more without valuing what he has given us and thanking him . 

Never cry over the past By Alexio Jose Ajeesh

There once was a boy named Samuel. He loved to play cricket. So, he asked his father if he could go for coaching on weekends. His father agreed but under one condition, that he would practice every day and would do his best when he was practicing. He agreed with his father. Then, on Saturday he started going for coaching. His coach was very kind. He always helped Samuel if he had any doubt in a type of shot. Then one day the coach announced that they were going to have a cricket tournament. It was in district level. He had to play as the opening batsman.

When had played the first ball he got no runs.Unfortunately, he lost his wicket in the next ball. Everyone was very sad. He was very sad too but, he kept on crying about it the whole day. Then his father came to him and said, don’t cry about the past forget about it, this is a very important lesson, we must always learn to forget about the past and we should move on. So, he listened to his father, and he started practicing for the next day’s match. On the next day he was full of hope that he would at least get a half century. but he actually got a century, he got 100 runs, and his team had won the match. He was very happy that he forgot about the past and move on. 

Lost Faith by Aditi Miriam

 Once upon a time there lived a girl called Priya. She was a healthy little twelve-year-old. One day she got sick. At first her parents thought that it was a normal cold but slowly it got really bad. When the doctors saw this, they came with bad news to Priya’s parents and told them that Priya was diagnosed with pulmonary fibrosis, a very rare disease and that she would die. Her parents and siblings were in their worst states. Her parents took extreme care of her. Her mother loved God and prayed to him every single day. Priya’s condition got worse day by day and finally she had to stay in hospital for two whole months. Because of the medicines she took her other parts of the body had an impact on it.Her mother stayed with her every single day and her father did two jobs to take care of the money and her. She didn’t go to school for a whole year because of this. One day she started crying to her mother that she wanted to die and that she couldn’t handle the pain anymore and that time her mother lost faith in God. Her mother started crying that she wanted her to stay and have a healthy life. Priya felt bad for her mother and did not know what to say. One day Priya’s little sister Isabel called Priya to climb a tree. Priya thought it would be fun to do something for fun for once so she went and climbed the tree and suddenly the tree’s branch shook where Priya was sitting and it fell down from 30 feet tall and Isabel climbed down and started screaming to her parents about the accident in tears. Then immediately Priya’s parents took her to the hospital and she was put in ICU. The doctors said that she wouldn’t make it.But suddenly her heart started beating properly and everything started to become normal. That moment God spoke to Priya and told her that she had to stay and that exact moment her mother’s faith came back. After two days a scientific phenomenon happened Priya’s pulmonary fibrosis was cured because of God’s grace and from that day she lived happily ever after as a young active girl.

Greed by Aanchal Ana Lobo

 Greed Greed everywhere

Just to become a millionaire

From things of ours,

To things of theirs

We just don’t ever care

I want that 

I want this

I want everything that fits

Now we wanna own the world

Because we think we're still in 3rd

To know what i want 

And to take what i need

I just need to leave 

The habit of greed

-Aanchal Ana Lobo