Sean Neill asked: > (Anyone know the Flanders & Swann story about 'The Sloth'?)
A Bradypus, or Sloth, am I, I live a life of ease Contented not to do or die, But idle as I please I have three toes on either foot, Or half a doz. on both With leaves and fruits, and shoots to eat, How sweet to be a Sloth The world is such a cheerful place When viewed from upside-down; It makes a rise of every fall, A smile of every frown; I watch the fleeting flutter by Of butterfly or moth And think of all the things I'd try If I were not a Sloth. I could climb the very highest Himalayas, Be among the greatest ever tennis players, Win at chess or marry a Princess or Study hard and be an eminent professor. I could be a millionaire, play the clarinet, Travel everywhere, Learn to cook, catch a crook, Win a war then write a book about it. I could paint a Mona Lisa, I could be another Caesar. Compose an oratorio that was sublime. The door's not shut on my genius but I just don't have the time! For days and days among the trees I sleep and dream and doze Just gently swaying in the breeze Suspended by my toes While eager beavers overhead Rush through the undergrowth I watch the clouds beneath my feet; How sweet to be a Sloth. David Mack
