Floss The Dumping Ground: I'm...

Attention! The My Life In Care videos

are about to receive their world premiere in the TV room.

Don't miss these personal takes

on what life is really like in Ashdene Ridge.

And next up, it's Floss!

Right, it's me now, so pay attention.

I'm Floss Guppy.

May-Li says I speak my mind, but who else's mind would I speak?

Grown-ups are weird.

Say my mind, that's definitely one of the qualities

people admire the most.

I don't know why Mike fancies you. You're mean!

'I'm not afraid to ask the difficult questions.'

When will we learn how to steal sweets?

'Lots of people don't say what they mean because they're worried

'about upsetting someone's feelings, or something soft like that.'

The winner is...Floss.

Yay! I get the prize and you don't.

-Loser!

-What is the prize?

I lied about the prize, OK?

Well, I'm glad you got run over!

'And if words don't work, there are other ways to get your point across.

'I am good at that, too.'

No...you didn't?

-Oh, I did.

-I was on the last chapter!

Shame(!) Now you'll never know what happens.

-Unless you give me my CD back.

-No chance.

-I'm not giving in to your blackmail.

-Suit yourself.

The Jodys of this world don't frighten me,

and that's another one of my many qualities.

I'm Fearless Floss, the...Fearless?

Even weird stuff doesn't scare me. Bring it on, that's what I say!

Do you think it's blood?

Er...m-m-m-maybe.

Cool!

-Hold it right up for me, please.

-Is there OK, yeah?

-Yeah.

-OK. Ready?

Three...two...one.

Smile!

MUSIC PLAYS

'And there's not a scary creature on earth that can get

'the better of Floss Guppy.'

Stand back! I'm coming in!

'You need to be Fearless Floss!'

I've got him cornered. Run!

'And have the right equipment.'

Come here, little spider.

Take that, take that!

She's amazing!

Hello. I'd never hurt you.

You're safe now.

My best friends in the Dumping Ground.

Ooo, that's a hard one.

-TV:

-Everyone wants a piece of you

when you're on the fast track to mega stardom.

LAUGHTER

Don't laugh! Watch and learn!

-TV:

-When I'm famous, everyone will say they were my best friend.

But if I had to choose one person right now...

..it would have to be Harry.

We hit it off from the start.

Hello. I'm Harry.

'I suppose he was like an older brother showing me the ropes.'

Lily nearly died when she fell off the roof.

She went up there because she was so unhappy.

And Carmen nearly fell from a bridge when she ran away from Elektra.

That's when I saved Jeff from a poisonous snake.

'And there was a lot to take in.'

Hi, Faith, this is Floss.

Don't worry about it. People here take things all the time.

Carmen even stole Jeff once.

-'An awful lot to take in.'

-Orange?

The police think they've found my brother, Razz.

What do you mean, think?

They think they've found his body.

You mean, he's...dead?

For quite a long time.

Leave me alone.

The only way they can tell if it's Razz is if our DNA matches.

That's why I went with the police.

'Luckily, I had Harry to help me settle in.

'And that's why I always go out of my way

'to make new people feel welcome.'

You've got Frank's old room.

If you don't like it, you're allowed to paint it.

Who asked you, ginger nut?

The social worker said I'm only going to be here for one night.

Good! Because I thought I liked you, but I don't!

'It's good to welcome people to their new home.'

-Hello.

-Who are you?

-(I'm Floss.

(I'm hiding because Jody and Carmen might try to kill me.

(And I'm going to be here for quite a long time,

(so you might have to get some of my stuff).

A famous man once said, "I have a dream".

And so do I.

My dream will definitely come true.

My dream is that the whole world will know

and love the amazing showbiz entertainer that is Floss Guppy.

'You'll have noticed my amazing sense of humour.'

What did the policeman say to the noisy carrot?

"I'm arresting you for disturbing the peas!"

'Some of my more experimental work

'has led me into the world of puppetry.'

What's the first thing you remember about being in care?

Let me introduce you to my friends, Bob Dragon and Milly Moo.

So, Bob Dragon, would you like to finish this story?

-HIGH-PITCHED:

-Yes, Floss, I would love to.

-So, me and Milly...

-Floss, get out!

-You've ruined it! Get out!

-No!

'But my greatest love...'

Want to see some dancing?

-'..is dance.'

-OK.

-'It's my gift to the world.'

-Did you like it?

-It was very good.

How good?

'But following the showbiz dream isn't for the faint-hearted.

'You have to be determined.

'And there will always be knock backs.

'There's no getting away from that.'

You know that trick?

Well, I don't really know how to say this, but you're sacked.

What?!

But you said I was the bendiest.

Yeah, maybe, maybe not.

-I hate you.

-Sorry. That's showbiz for you.

'Auditions are an emotional rollercoaster.

'Even if you end up getting the part.'

-Shut up!

-But I need to tell you something.

-Just shut up!

Because you wouldn't let me practise

on this most important day of my life, I've been cast as an...

as an...egg!

JODY LAUGHS

Look, Floss, you'll be a great egg.

You'll be the best egg ever!

I won't be the best egg ever

BECAUSE FLOSS GUPPY IS NOT PLAYING AN EGG!

-TV:

-I didn't want to get pigeonholed

into playing one kind of part too early.

CHUCKLES: Floss just made a really funny joke.

-Did I?

-Yeah. Not wanting to be pigeonholed as an egg. Get it?

-TV:

-The thing is, though,

being such a beloved artist can be a heavy burden to bear.

-I'm sure Jeff would like to see you dance the dance of an egg.

-No.

-He wouldn't.

-Sorry, Billie.

I don't think Floss wants to see your costume designs.

Hang on.

'People will beg you to bring some light into their little lives.

'And in the end, you have to give the public what they want.'

Ah, you were born to do this, Floss. Go on!

Oh! Here we go, it's dying swan time.

Oh! Marvellous!

What's Floss Guppy's thing?

Well, when I grow up, as well as being a world-famous entertainer,

I'm going to be a highly-successful businesswoman.

Mike says I could be the next Lord Sugar.

But without the beard

and ginger and a girl!

'I am a natural at business, unlike some others I could mention.'

Can we have our wages now?

Four hours at 75p an hour has got to be £5 each.

No. Four hours?

Do I look stupid? You can't add up. It's about...

£2.

-Isn't it more like one?

-Harry!

Will you let me do the business deals next time?

'To succeed in the cut-throat world of business,

'you need to be open to new opportunities.'

Why are you with a random, weird girl in our garden?

That's my sister. You'd better go.

-Did she just give you money?!

-No.

-Yes, she did.

She gave me a pound to show her around.

She's never been inside a children's home.

-Why didn't you tell us that, dumbo?

-I cant believe it!

-I never thought of it before!

-Thought of what?

Doing tours around the Dumping Ground.

It's my most brilliant business plan ever!

'You need to be better than the competition.'

Billie's going to be well jel with this.

Our tour's going to be way better than her random one.

Each bedroom door has to have a sign on it.

'You need vision.'

Mike, have you ever considered getting Ashdene Ridge T-shirts?

-No.

-My parents dumped me in care and all I got was this T-shirt?

'And I'm afraid to say that sometimes you have to be ruthless.'

We should join together. We'll help you hand out your leaflets.

Billie, don't trust her.

Pass!

Hey!

'And this is an important one.'

When I say grasshoppers, you have to hide.

-DOORBELL

-Grasshoppers! Grasshoppers!

Eurgh!

'You need to have a Plan B up your sleeve.

-Grasshoppers!

-Floss? Toni? Down here now.

-Forget the money, just go!

-Er...excuse me!

Who are you two? Hey! Lads!

They just followed us in.

We don't have a clue who they are.

I love secrets, me. Knowing stuff that others don't.

And if it's something really disgusting about someone

and you don't want it to get out, well...

..your secret's safe with me.

Floss? They're mine!

You'll get whatever you want at your new place!

-Give it back!

-Or what?

I'll tell your foster family that you eat your own bogeys

and keep your toenails in a box!

You're not having the pens.

'Some people are naturals at keeping secrets,

'like, say you've got the classic problem

'of hiding a noisy chicken.'

COCKEREL CROWS

-Argh!

-'Let's face it, we've all been there.

'And while some of us know just what to do...'

Close your chicken eyes.

'..others are clueless.'

Lovely day to start my fitness routine!

It's like being back at Glastonbury!

MUSIC PLAYS / COCKEREL CROWS

Was that...was that a chicken?

Oh, no! It's just my phone, you see.

-Got it set to farmyard animals!

-What?

You know, it goes, like, moo!

And baa! And a neigh!

-COCKEREL CROWS

-Oh! Oh, that must be it now!

'Once, I had this really big secret.

'I needed to sort something out

'before Harry went off to be fostered.

'The thing was...' Go away.

'..I had to solve a little problem that had cropped up.

'It might not have been entirely not my fault.

'Although it wasn't me who had suddenly moved the giraffe posts.'

I'm taking Jeff with me.

-Give him back!

-No!

Jeff's mine! I only lent him!

BANGING

-TV:

-OK, I'm only putting this next bit in because May-Li said

we had to be totally honest.

And, like she said, it's not as if the whole

Dumping Ground is going to be gathered around watching this.

Floss, open up!

-KNOCKING

-Floss!

You can have him.

Well, we certainly are learning something now.

I bet that won't be in your showbiz autobiography.

-The day I did in a cuddly giraffe!

-LAUGHTER

-May-Li, you said it was private!

-(Sorry.)

-LAUGHTER

-Shut up!

-TV:

-So that's why I was sneaking into town.

'To get a new Jeff.'

I'm sorry, Harry.

I didn't mean it.

I was just angry that you're going.

Good as new.

Looks like you've got two Jeffs.

Do you still want him?

So that is the moral of the story.

You can't have too many giraffes.

When I'm rich and famous, I'll have a room full of them.

This is Floss Guppy,

future megastar and multimillionaire saying over and out.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

-Selfie! Selfie over here, please!

-Floss!

-Floss!

-Floss!