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 The Games:
Year 3 Mascots' Legends
Year
3 children at Rochedale State School wrote their own
legends about the Olympic Mascots. Here's some of them:
 One
hot summer evening, there was a big storm in
the bush. Three Australian animals were
swept out of their homes. They found a
hollow all at the same time. They cuddled
together. Then suddenly the storm stopped. All
of the stars lit up. The platypus and
echidna were looking at each other with a
smile. The kookaburra looed at them and
burst into laughter. The Southern Cross said
he had chosen them to be mascots. They got stamped
with a Southern Cross on the paws. The kookaburra
was called Olly and he stood for the Olympic
rings. The echidna was Millie. She stood for
the new millennium. The platypus was called
Syd and he stood for the Australian bush.
by Kimberley, Year 3K
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 One
hot summer evening, there was a storm with
lightning and thunder. There was heavy rain
too. The three animals were pushed by the
storm and heavy the wind. The animals that
were pushed by the storm were a kookaburra,
an echidna and a platypus. The three animals
found a a hollow cave. When they found
the hollow cave, the storm stopped. The animals
let go of each other. The sky lit up with
two thousand stars. The Southern Cross spoke
to them and asked if they would like to be
the Olympics mascot. They nodded their heads
with pleasure. The Southern Cross stamped a
stamp of their feet. Olly is a kookaburra.
He is responsible for the Olympic rings.
Millie is an echidna. She is responsible for
the millennium. Syd is a platypus and
he is responsible for the Australian
bushland.
by Ashleigh Year 3K |
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 One
hot summer evening, a storm hit the bush
land. The lightning lit up the sky. The
thunder struck. The rain came too. It was an
awful storm. As this was happening, three
young animals had been swept from their
homes. They were so scared. They ran to a
protected hollow and cuddled up. They did
not care whom they were with. They just did
it. Soon after the storm finished and all
they could see was 2 000 stars in the night
sky. Well something amazing happened -
someone was talking ot them! It was the
spirit of the Southern Cross. He said they
were in Millennium Park. The Southern Cross
asked them if they wanted to be mascots at
the Games. They nodded their heads and their
hearts filled with joy. So the Southern
Cross gave them a name, a responsibility and
a mark of hate Southern Cross. Syd is a
platypus. Mille is an echidna and Olly is a
kookaburra.
by Aymie Year 3/4/F
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 One
hot summer evening, there were big, gloomy,
grey clouds in the sky, threatening for a
cyclone. The storm suddenly started with heavy
rain and lightning crashing and thunder
rumbling. Three animals - a platypus,
echidna and kookaburra were swept from their
homes and were struggling to find shelter.
All at the same time, they found shelter in
a protected hollow. Suddenly they all got up
and stared in disbelief at the sky. the storm
had stopped and two thousand stars were in
the sky. The echidna and platypus stood
looking at each others shiny heads and the
kookaburra was laughing at their differences.
They had landed in Millennium Park. The
Spirit of the Southern Cross asked them if they
wanted to be mascots of the Olympics in the year
2000/ They gave a definite nod with a full
heart. The Spirit gave them all names. Syd,
the platypus, Millie the echidna, and Olly
the kookaburra. Syd represents the Australian
environment, Millie represents hope for the next
one thousand years and Olly represents the
five rings and Olympic Games.
by James Year 4F |
 One
hot summer evening, there was a storm in the
bush. Three young animals were swept from
their bushland homes. All at the same time
they reached a hollow and cuddled together. The
platypus and the echidna looked at each
other and smiled. The kookaburra took one look
at them and laughed. Then the storm stopped
and the animals walked around. The night sky
was lit up with two thousand stars. Then the
Southern Cross appeared. OIly began to speak
to the animals. It asked them if they would
like to be Olympic mascots. They agreed in
honour with a decent nod. Then the Southern
Cross gave them their names. The kookaburra
was named Olly. He represents the Olympic
rings. The echidna was named Millie. She
represents hope for the next millennium. The
platypus was named Syd. He represents the
Australian bushland. The Southern Cross them
stamped Millie, Syd and Olly with the
Southern Cross. They were then the Olympic
mascots.
by Emma Year 3K
© 1999 SOCOG and IBM. All rights reserved.
Used with permission.
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