Olly Says G'day

Olly Says G'day (1999) Post 346

Olly Says G'day is one of the nine Olympic Mascots books I wrote prior to the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games. In this one, Olly is off to visit the youngest member of the Chinese team, a girl named Mulan. (No, not after the Disney film... I hadn't heard of it then.) Mulan is a little nervous about flying so far from home, so Olly, in his role of  cheer-up squad, flies off to meet her. He spends time with the family and teaches her the Aussie greeting, "G'day", which she is to say when they meet again. 

Unfortunately, Mulan has a training accident and hurts her leg. Olly wants to fly to her right away, but there's a bad storm brewing and Millie says not to take dangerous risks. Olly reluctantly agrees, but then Millie suggests a computer hook-up meeting. She sets up her desk-top with a camera. The meeting goes well, ans the story closes with the sense that all will be well.

This is one of only a few in the series where an athlete is named. In general, I chose not to do that, because although it's (obviously) fiction, these were real games and real athletes were taking part.

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