Teased for sleeping while the other animals practice running, jumping, swinging, and lifting weights, Sloth teaches them that there is one thing each of them does best--and his talent is sleeping.
Describes the sloth, an animal that spends most of its time hanging upside down from trees in the rain forest, and explains its diet of leaves, how it protects itself, and the difference between two-toed and three-toed sloths.
Challenged by the other jungle animals for its seemingly lazy ways, a sloth living in a tree explains the many advantages of his slow and peaceful existence.
Amy the red panda is trying to tell a story to her best friend, Mervin the Sloth, but the enthusiastic contributions of other animals threaten to spoil it.