“Slowly Slowly Slowly Said the Sloth” is the best sloth picture book I own. If there is one I recommend it’s this one! Eric Carle is a great children’s author.
Slowly, slowly, slowly. That’s the way the sloth moves. Slowly, it eats and then, slowly, it falls asleep. What strange kind of creature is this? The other animals wonder.
“Deep in the middle of the jungle, way, way up in the tallest tree slept an upside-down three-toed sloth called Doza. Doza always moved very, very slowly, and very, very sleepily. Doza moved, ate, and even talked slowly! He only came out at night-time as he was nocturnal, and slept up to 18 hours a day, with his head between his arms and his feet together.
Doza had long, gray fur that was a little bit green when it rained, as because he didn’t move very much some algae had started to grow on it. Doza also had three sharp claws on each of his hands that he used to cling to the tree upside-down and also to protect himself.
One night, a jaguar was prowling around the jungle. He walked underneath Doza’s tree, but because Doza’s fur was green because of the algae on it, this camouflaged him so the jaguar couldn’t see him. So the jaguar kept prowling but didn’t hurt Doza.
The next night, Doza decided to go visit his friend Slowla the sloth, in the tree next to his. He had to climb all the way down, down to the ground. It took a very long time. Once on the ground he walked very slowly, as sloths do. Sloths cannot walk on all fours, so Doza used his front arms and claws to pull himself along.
But on the way to Slowla’s tree, the jaguar came back! And this time, the jaguar saw him!
Doza knew he couldn’t climb back up his tree fast enough, so he reached out his long, sharp claws and scratched the jaguar across his nose. The jaguar ran away, and didn’t bother Doza the sloth again.
Doza finally made it to Slowla’s tree, and they had a nice, relaxing nap together.
The End.“
Yep, that’s me in my sloth onesie. It’s amazing. Excuse the messy room… (From Kigurumi)
Doza’s girlfriend, Slowla, is a shy, quiet sloth who loves cuddling and pillow talk!
You can get this adorable beanie baby here.
