welcome to

Where No Buddy Ever Gives UpJOYFLOPOLIS

Welcome to Joyflopolis A silly fun place this Joyflopolis, cuz joyfulness spreads all on top of us.

Some things may seem odd or just a bit weird, like flippos who ride in a car with a beard…

Or kooky new words that begin with Fl, it’s Flanglish they call it and they think it’s swell!

It’s not always perfect, not a full cup, but one thing’s for certain they Never Ever Give Up!

GRIF

FLERP

BARRY

CHA-CHA

MEETTHE

BUDDIES

MEETTHE

BUDDIES

Very, very orange! Leader of the BuddiesTiny big eyes One flunny shaped antlerHe loves words and music A face full of fluffy white whiskers He loves to tell stories - some of them are even true! After all, he’s a great philosopher.

Expert collector of fine pocket lint

GRIF

I NEGU, Do You?

CHA-CHAGRIF

FLERPSilly. Zany. Loves rocks.

Dreamer. Hugger. Fear of hairbrushes.

BARRYBuilder. Painter. Eats puzzles.

Storyteller. Philosopher. Collector of pocket lint.

GRIFGRIF CHA CHA BARRY FLERPCHA CHA BARRY FLERP

Bright yellowA dreamer – she never ever gives up on her dreams – or anyone else’s for that matter!

Nobody can cha-cha like Cha-Cha

She has four legs to dance and four arms to hug! Best of all, when her Flunihorn blasts out a Flanfare, everybody knows it’s time to get going, keep going and Never Ever Give Up!

CHA-CHA

CHA-CHAGRIF

FLERPSilly. Zany. Loves rocks.

Dreamer. Hugger. Fear of hairbrushes.

BARRYBuilder. Painter. Eats puzzles.

Storyteller. Philosopher. Collector of pocket lint.

GRIFGRIF CHA CHA BARRY FLERPCHA CHA BARRY FLERP

Let’s dre

am

together

Bright BlueHe’s a builder and a painter - Of course, he only wants to paint using the color blue. His buddies think it’s because he is blue.

Barry has a Howdy Joy Stinger on his tail that can turn almost anyone from down-in-the- dumps frump to feeling flabulously flantastico!

Puzzle professionals beware - Barry likes to eat puzzle pieces. It helps him see the big picture!

BARRY

CHA-CHAGRIF

FLERPSilly. Zany. Loves rocks.

Dreamer. Hugger. Fear of hairbrushes.

BARRYBuilder. Painter. Eats puzzles.

Storyteller. Philosopher. Collector of pocket lint.

GRIFGRIF CHA CHA BARRY FLERPCHA CHA BARRY FLERP

What is your favorite color?

Bright greenFlerp’s no twerp. In fact, he rocks! No really…he rocks from side to side and front to back.

Silly and zany, he just can’t stop rockin. He rocks so hard that sometimes he falls over giggling and laughing and can’t get up. The NEGU Buddies are always there to help him.

His voice is a little gravely at times and he refuses to speak Flanglish. He prefers to talk about rocks and to rocks…and they apparently prefer to talk to him too!

FLERP

CHA-CHAGRIF

FLERPSilly. Zany. Loves rocks.

Dreamer. Hugger. Fear of hairbrushes.

BARRYBuilder. Painter. Eats puzzles.

Storyteller. Philosopher. Collector of pocket lint.

GRIFGRIF CHA CHA BARRY FLERPCHA CHA BARRY FLERP

Have you evertalked to a rock?

CHA-CHAGRIF

FLERPSilly. Zany. Loves rocks.

Dreamer. Hugger. Fear of hairbrushes.

BARRYBuilder. Painter. Eats puzzles.

Storyteller. Philosopher. Collector of pocket lint.

GRIFGRIF CHA CHA BARRY FLERPCHA CHA BARRY FLERP

Flarm-a place where crops are grownFlippo – a large animal that rides in a carFlunny – something that makes you laughFlunihorn – Cha-Cha’s hornFlanfare – a musical blast from a FlunihornFlavorite – something that you prefer over other thingsFluzeberry – Barry’s flavorite berryFlabulous – something great Flanglish – a language that combines Flopolian with EnglishFlungs – something you breathe withFlun – it comes out in the daytimeFloud – it sometimes hides the flunFlantle – it rests over a flireplaceFlireplace – a place to create a flireFloraging – searching for something in natureFlousand – 999+1=Flastanettes – a Latin instrument you play with your flingersFlangaroo – similar to an animal in Australia

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FLANGLISH WORD SEARCH

“THE CURIOUS CASE OF

THE MISSING POCKET LINT”

CHA-CHA

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It was another Joyful day in Joyflopolis. The flun was out and there wasn’t a floud in the sky. Then all of a

sudden, we heard a voice scream, at the bottom of their flungs, “Where’s my lint…I’ve lost my lint?” The not so distressed call was from Grif, the Greatest Pocket Lint Collector in Joyflopolis history. Grif called out to his buddies, “Cha-Cha, Flerp, Barry. Did someone lend my lint to Larry?” The buddies were puzzled, (especially Barry). “Who’s Larry”, they said in unison. “That’s not the point”, said

CHA-CHAGRIF

FLERPSilly. Zany. Loves rocks.

Dreamer. Hugger. Fear of hairbrushes.

BARRYBuilder. Painter. Eats puzzles.

Storyteller. Philosopher. Collector of pocket lint.

GRIFGRIF CHA CHA BARRY FLERP

CHA CHA BARRY FLERP

Where is

my lint?

Grif. My Curious Case is missing from the flantle above my flireplace”.

Everyone in Joyflopolis knew Grif was famous for floraging flantastic lint…in all kinds of colors, shapes and sizes.Barry immediately started building a plan. Using his

imagination, Barry could construct a flousand different ways to find the Curious Case. Cha-Cha, always the positive one, gave Grif a huge hug and told him not to worry. She said they would find the Flantastic lint even if they had to look under every rock in

Use your imagination to drawGrif’s Curious Case above the fireplace

Joyflopolis.

The minute Cha-Cha said the word rock, Flerp started rocking something flierce. Cha-Cha knew he was ready to get going and flast! Cha-Cha blasted a flanfare from her flabulous flunihorn and off they all went together. They were definitely on a lint hunt.

Cha-Cha danced her way down the street, clicking

her flastanettes and singing as if she didn’t have a care in the world. Barry

CHA-CHAGRIF

FLERPSilly. Zany. Loves rocks.

Dreamer. Hugger. Fear of hairbrushes.

BARRYBuilder. Painter. Eats puzzles.

Storyteller. Philosopher. Collector of pocket lint.

GRIFGRIF CHA CHA BARRY FLERP

CHA CHA BARRY FLERP

CHA-CHA

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Dreamer. Hugge

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BARRY

Builder. Painter

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Storyteller. Ph

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Collector of po

cket lint.

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BARRY

FLERP

was running and flying, running and flying with his orange wings flapping and his four legs flailing about. Flerp was laughing and giggling and rockin and rollin. Down the sidewalks, around the corners, then past the flarm…and then it happened. He stopped at his flavorite place…The world flamous, Flopolian Rock Garden. Grif was still waddling as flast as he could go, whiskers on high alert and arms stretched out like a flangaroo.

There they were together, as always. They encircled a precious pile of beautiful multi-colored rocks. And

then, just like magic, Grif’s strangely unique NEGU antler started to shimmer and glow…somehow he knew just what happened …… Earlier that week, Grif told Cha-Cha that Barry’s flavorite berries, (fluzeberries), were available at the local flarm. She was excited and told Grif, she would find a case. So, she looked around Grif’s house and found the perfect container. After all, she needed something to put the fluzeberries in at the flarm. On the way from the flarm, with Barry’s berries, she ran into Flerp. No really.She ran into Flerp by accident. They both went

rolling down the hill. Cha-Cha stood up laughing, dusted herself off and forgot all about the case…and the fluzeberries.

She happily turned to Flerp with a little giggle, “hey get rockin would ya?” Flerp took those words to heart and hurried his way to Flopolian Gardens.

To Flerp, “get rockin” is one of his flavorite hobbies … stacking rocks in a pile…or as he calls them stoney statues. As it turns out, Flerp had picked up the case and took it with him to Flopolian Gardens. He had no idea what

CHA-CHAGRIF

FLERPSilly. Zany. Loves rocks.

Dreamer. Hugger. Fear of hairbrushes.

BARRYBuilder. Painter. Eats puzzles.

Storyteller. Philosopher. Collector of pocket lint.

GRIFGRIF CHA CHA BARRY FLERP

CHA CHA BARRY FLERP

hey getrockin

would ya?

was inside the curious case. But, he thought it would make a really fline rock bottom base for a super cool, super huge, stoney statue. He was so inspired, he ended up building flifteen stoney statues of all shapes and sizes. It’s hard to believe, but soon, Barry’s berries were buried beneathbig boulders.

Now, the buddies were back together with Grif, staring at Flerp’s flabulous creations. At the same time, they were

CHA-CHA

GRIF

FLERPSilly. Zany. Lo

ves rocks.

Dreamer. Hugger. Fear of ha

irbrushes. BARRYBuilder. Painte

r. Eats puzzles.

Storyteller. Philosopher.

Collector of pocket lint.

GRIFGRIF CHA CHA

BARRYFLERP

CHA CHA BA

RRYFLERP

really discouraged. How would they ever find the curious case of Barry’s berries and Grif’s famous lint collection? The flun was beginning to set. It was getting really dark outside!

As they all stood together, discouraged, Cha-Cha reminded them, “Buddies, we’ve come this far, we can’t give up now! Remember, we NEVER EVER GIVE UP!”

NEVER EVER

GIVE UP!

And then it happened. Grif’s whiskers began to fliggle and his antler lit up like a lightning bolt. Cha-Cha blasted her powerful flunihorn and the super cool, super huge stoney statue came tumbling down. There it was. The curious case was glistening in the flunset and glowing like a fluorescent flower. It was Grif’s Curious Case of Lint, filled with Barry’s berries … and lint of course!

The Curious Case of the Missing Lint was solved and Barry’s berries were barely bruised in the process. Once again, the NEGU Buddies came together, they encouraged each other to NEVER EVER GIVE UP and with happiness, JOY and miles of smiles they are ready for their next adventure!

Find out more about our NEGU Buddies at www.negu.org/buddies.

NO BUDDY

STANDSALONE

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STANDS

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