Meet the Clues

Dapple the chameleon changes colour on the outside — so Dapple knows better than anyone: what shows is not always what’s felt. A face can be a little mask. So Dapple reads the real clues.

Sedge a watchful heron Sedge watches what a BODY does — fists, slumped shoulders, bouncing, a low head.

Perri a big-eared hare Perri listens to a VOICE — loud and fast, small and slow, sharp, or soft.

Elm a remembering owl Elm remembers WHAT HAPPENED — the thing just before the feeling.

🔎 The golden rule

A face is one clue — and it can fib. Read the whole friend: the body, the voice, and what just happened. Then the surest move of all: ask. “Are you okay? How are you feeling?”

The four true feelings

Really excited happy and full of go

Warm and calm happy and settled

Upset and stormy big and stirred-up (mad or scared)

Sad and heavy down and quiet