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Orlando Competition

15/12/2014

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Hello, everybody – it’s Orlando here. The competition, or I should say, my competition, has ended. Since it was named after me, I insisted that I be involved in the judging, and I helped the illustrator in his difficult task.

Here I am looking through all the entries. They were all so good! There were one hundred and fifty-eight in total. In fact, they were so good that the job of picking a winner was almost impossible! 

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It was so difficult that at one point I got dizzy and needed a quick nap. I shuffled the entries around to make myself a bed and snoozed away. I don’t think anyone noticed me sleeping on the job, I’m sure I got away with it.

Anyway, after many hours of careful consideration, the illustrator and I came to an agreement on a shortlist. Any one of the ones below could have won, so I wanted to display them on my blog for everyone to see.
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Abby, Charlotte, Ynas, Felicity, Megan, Vuyelwa, and Alex drew the above pictures - a really really big congratulations to all of you. You were picked for the shortlist because you came up with some really new and fantastic ideas.

Please click on the pictures to see a better view of them.

Unfortunately there had to be three winners, and as hard as it was here they are ...

THE WINNERS

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1st place - Madison Jane, age 8, for her picture “Elfwater”. We picked this one because the colours and ideas were amazing. You made up a brilliant new mythical creature from lots of different things - like an eagle’s wings, a lion’s face, a hippo’s nose, and a shark’s gills - but what made your creature so special was that it didn’t look like lots of different creatures put together, it looked like it was supposed to be the way it was. A really big congratulations!

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2nd place - Lydia, age 9, for her picture “Leafarwough”. This drawing was one of the best we got. I like the fox. You have really got the idea of Anglo-Saxon myths by drawing a forest pixie which is both mischievous, and protects nature. Most mythical creatures in Anglo-Saxon mythology, including goblins, were neither good, nor evil, most were mischievous and looked after some aspect of nature. Very well done!

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3rd place - Gabby, age 7, for “Woody”. We liked this one because you again got the idea of a mythical creature being linked with nature. Woody looks like a tree, and we liked the thought of him scaring children in the darkest part of the woods. This is similar to lots of Anglo-Saxon myths where stories are told to scare children from going near dangerous places - like pools of stagnant water, or dangerous forests.

The winners will be getting their prizes shortly - I think you’ll all like them ... because they look like me ... and I am the most charming cat after all!
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Orlando's Adventure

9/7/2014

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Orlando has a cocktail
Meow, meow, meow ... sorry, I forgot, most people can't read "cat" - I will translate -

Well, it was really really hard work travelling all the way up to Norway to investigate those strange Hessdalen lights. As you can see in this first picture, I'm working really hard picking out which yummy fruit cocktail to drink. I would have preferred a nice cool milkshake ... so it was a lot of work for me to pick out something else. 

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The next day I had even more hard work to do. After eating, and eating, and eating ... it wasn't my fault, they just kept serving me food ... I had to have a long rest in the sun.  Phew, it was tiring. At home I can just curl up on a windowsill, but here I had to walk all the way up to the top deck of the ship! I'm sure everyone can appreciate how much hard work I had to do.

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We finally arrived in Norway and I met my secret elven contact - I can't tell you his name because it wouldn't be a secret, then! He had long pointed ears, wings, and a large bow with lots of arrows.

He took me up to the special valley where the strange lights have been seen and I took lots of very detailed readings using my whiskers.
The lights are very weird, we had to wait three nights to see them, but when they appeared, they seemed to float above the ground. My whiskers told me that they were electrically charged and over five thousand degrees in temperature - that's hotter than the surface of the sun!

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I told the elves that I needed to do some more investigation to find out the cause of the lights.

I waved them farewell and had a long journey back to my ship. On the way home, the elves told me I should stop off and see the Briksdal Glacier in Olden. It was very cold up the mountain near the glacier even though it was summer - luckily I had my furry coat to keep me warm. The Briksdal Glacier was very special, and I am really glad I saw it, apparently it may not be there for very much longer because it is melting.

I hope you enjoyed my special report - more from me, Orlando, soon - meow, meow.

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Orlando's First Blog

15/6/2014

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Hello, I’m Orlando. I was so excited about the book launch that I insisted on having my very own blog … I am the coolest character in the book after all … in fact I think the book really should have been called “Orlando’s Tale”!!!

I’m off on my travels soon, I’m going to visit Norway and my elven friends. I’ve been asked to investigate the Hessdalen Valley and some mysterious lights they have there.

Below is my picture with my transport in the background – I have to travel in luxury, it’s only right. I am Half-Persian, you know. I will be reporting when I get back, but hopefully I won’t see any trolls, they are so stinky. See you all soon!
Orlando the Cat
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