Pyongyang, July 7 (KCNA) -- Schoolchildren met at the Mangyongdae Schoolchildren's Palace on July 6 to hear stories about the virtues of the great leader Generalissimo Kim Il Sung on the occasion of the 31st anniversary of his demise.

At the meeting, speakers told about the immortal feats of the great Generalissimo who put forward the schoolchildren as the king and treasure of the country and showed all loving care and benevolence for them.

They said that he made painstaking efforts to bring up the rising generations to be reliable pillars who would shoulder the future of the country, kindly asking about the study and life of young schoolchildren.

They referred to the pride of preparing themselves to be young revolutionaries and patriots under the care of the motherly Workers' Party of Korea, saying that they can never forget for all ages the benevolent image of the great Generalissimo who brought the preciousness of the country to the schoolchildren.

Present at the meeting were Mun Chol, chairman of the Central Committee of the Socialist Patriotic Youth League, officials of the youth league and schoolchildren. -0-