Nattie was the first sloth to cross the finish line in
the race at the School Fair. The other sloth kids were still tying their shoe
laces!
At the pie-eating contest, she ate three whole pieces of
pie before the other kids had taken three bites!
And she ate her whole ice cream cone before it had
melted all over her paws, like the other sloths.
The kids made fun of her. They said sloths are
supposed to be slow—the slower the better. They teased her with this song:
Nattie Nattie
Not-Slow-Nattie
Why can’t you slow down?
Sloths are slow
Slow as snails
Unless you’re
Not-Slow-Nattie
Nattie climbed a tree, hung from a branch, and smashed
mangoes with her back paw.
When the kids started to sing the song again, she
threw smashed mangoes at them.
They were too slow to get out of the way!
One of the sloths started eating the mango off his
fur.
“Hey,” he said, “Not-Slow-Nattie could be our team
champion in the pie throwing contest!”
“The other team would be covered in whipped
cream! We would win with Nattie on
our side,” said another kid.
“How about it, Nattie? Will you be on our team?”
Nattie climbed down from the tree.
“Last sloth to the pie contest is slower than a
snail!” she yelled.
The sloth kids ran as quickly as they could after
Nattie. And as they ran they sang:
Nattie Nattie
Not-Slow-Nattie
We are you so fast?
We’ll throw more pies
Make more mess
Because we’ve got
Not-Slow-Nattie.
Hooray for Nattie!
Hooray for Nattie!
Hooray!
Nattie and her friends threw lots of pies that
day. But the other team was
covered in whipped cream because Nattie was Not So Slow!
