Not-Slow-Nattie

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!