George the steelworker is working his very last day before retirement. He signs his name on a huge girder that will become part of the [ London 2012] [stadium] & his colleagues give a big cheer. But before George leaves he picks up two molten fragments that have fallen from the girder & puts them in his bag. That night George works in his shed shaping the two drops of metal into little figures
- one for his grandson Jack; the other for his granddaughter Lily. A miraculous surprise awaits the children in the morning
- for once unwrapped & placed on the windowsill the figures are hit by the beams of a [rainbow] breaking through the clouds. At one they shiver into life & begin to move. Before long they are attempting to talk & are rushing around the attic room which is full of photographs & books about the [ Olympic] & [ Paralympic] [ Games]. But this is just the beginning of their wonderful journey of discovery. The rainbow returns & [ Wenlock] & [ Mandeville]
- as they will come to be known
- set off on its brilliant beams to learn more about the wonderful country they have arrived in & the amazing sports that will make up the London 2012 Games.