KIDSBOOKS | SLOW MO, THE SLOTH

In the rain forests of Nicaragua
There’s the cutest little animal
Always smiling, forever lounging
He keeps his movements to a minimal

Even though he is quite blind
And lives his life in slow motion
He can remember all the place he goes
He’s also the pull-up world champion!

He’s three times as strong as you and me
And yet he eats only a leaf a month
Smiling and blinking, hugging and napping
He does only super slow things for fun

One day Slow Mo fell off his tree
Remember, his movements are very slow
He dropped down a hundred feet
Crashing into the plants below

But lo and behold! He was whole
Unhurt he crawled out of the brush
It took him four days and twenty one hours
To ever so slowly climb back up

He decided he didn’t like such adventures
Because Slow Mo also had vertigo
And as he was climbing he had an odd feeling
That his ears had changed places with his toes!

But he made it back home, a smile on his face
As he settled himself at the top of his tree
He took three hours to pick a flower
And once more began his slow motion feast

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