The torch was an invitation, but they made the party. They're exciting, of course, with their own meanings. But what's most thrilling is the gathering. Ian Thorpe is wonderful - but so are the connections made as we gather to watch his talent. And so are the emotions which his talent serves to amplify.
Children understand that.
They are all excited, because they are all excited. In the garden, The Space Cadet finds two sticks and pretends to light one from the other. He runs through the house in slow motion, holding his torch. We follow him into his room, and laugh. He has taped an empty tissue box onto a postal tube, and reckons it's a cauldron.