Karl the Cat is persistent. Since his first attempt to change the world failed, he opens a wordshop: a shop where he does not sell but offers words to end sadness. Under the white magnolia tree Karl, equipped with his flame red notebook, receives the girl Rosa Luxemburgo, sad about the trees stuck to the earth. Herbert Marcuse, a timid boy, reveals the poetic tempest that is stirring him up: he wanted to be a cloud… he wanted to be a cloud some days.
Other melancholic children visit Karl’s shop to search for something to lighten up their dreams: the girl Amália (Rodrigues), the boy Vladimir. The girl Matilde Rosa Araújo convinces the cat of the possibility to invent a vaccine against sadness. But afterwards she withdraws. It had just been a metaphor since “melancholy, sadness and longing do not make part of the list of epidemics”. RãMuitoFeliz is also looking for support. He wants to share his joy with the gloomy crows - but he doesn't know the art of “happiness transfusion”. How does Karl respond to all these people? “There is no cure for sadness”, he warns. However, visitors arrive with their heads down and return light-hearted, driven by joy.


The other cats are suspicious, seeing Palavraria as a place that is contrary to morality and good manners. One day, they get together to expel Karl and close down the imaginary word shop. It is then that Gorki, a sweet little dog, appears.


A Palavraria is the second story of Karl the Cat and his owner, with whom he shares his dreams, his troubles, and sometimes his happy moments and improbable victories over prejudice.
 
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