RUN AWAY BEARD by Sybil Wettasinghe archaeology Many of the stories in

Many of the stories in this collection are from outside the bell curve of our lives

who showed his photographs of insects of Mahausakande to Mrs Ellawala

Is it the scar on his knee or his sticky palms

do to help

Sri Lanka is a vibrant multicultural universe

RUN AWAY BEARD by Sybil Wettasinghe archaeology Many of the stories inSybil Wettasinghe was a children's book writer and an illustrator in Sri Lanka. Considered as the doyen of childrens literature in Sri Lanka, Wettasinghe has produced more than 200 children's books which have been translated into several languages. Two of her best known works are "Child In Me" and "Eternally Yours" Sybil Wettasinghe was born on 31 October 1927, the second of five siblings. She spent the first six years of her childhood in the village