Winner
When Whiskers Meet
A rhyming serendipitous encounter between cat and mouse.
Amy J Richardson-Clemmit3 min readAdventure
Atty's First Bedtime Story 🦥
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About
Big news from down the road (in Edinburgh). On Monday, Scotland welcomed its very first baby sloth - a wee boy named Atty, born at Edinburgh Zoo to first-time parents Nico and Feira. Named in honour of Sir David Attenborough (who picked the sloth as the animal he'd most like to be), Atty is currently doing what all newborn sloths do best: clinging to mum, blinking slowly, and being unbearably cute.
We can't let this pass unmarked. So we're launching a rapid one-week competition: write Atty his first bedtime story.
Max 500 words. Any style. Cosy, funny, magical, mischievous - whatever you'd whisper to a baby sloth at the end of his very long first week. The winner will receive a sloth plushie, and the story will be featured across StorySloth (and we'll be doing our best to get it in front of the keepers at Edinburgh Zoo too).
Read about Atty's arrival on the Edinburgh Zoo website.
Welcome to the world, Atty!
Rules & guidelines
Max 500 words
1 entry per author
No AI stories or cover images
Winners & runners-up
4 stories
Amy J Richardson-Clemmit
Runner-up
Barnaby, the slow Sloth
The slowest baby Sloth, ever
Ssparky
2 min readLiterary Fiction
Runner-up
Bedtime for Atty
Atty can't sleep
Jjeanmsharp
2 min readLiterary Fiction
Runner-up
Greatest of All
It is a well-known fact that cheetahs were once as slow as tortoises and completely spotless.
Collette Night2 min readAdventure
All other entries
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The Zoo's New Arrival
Marcel can’t wait to meet Atty - the 1st ever baby sloth at the zoo! Can he find a way to meet the new arrival?
Llebray
3 min readAdventure
Arnie the Armadillo lost his pillow!
Oh no! Arnie the Armadillo lost his pillow, will one of his friends know where it's gone?
Rhys Omit1 min readAdventure
Perfect: a Sloth Story
Baby sloth wishes he was like the other creatures in the forest. But like his mother says, there really is no need.....
KDK DeLaney
3 min readAdventure
Atty and the Stars
Little Atty is struggling to sleep but is shown that his dreams really aren't that far away...
BBeverleyMS
2 min readFantasy
Night, night, Atty!
A rhyming bedtime story for a lazy little fellow. Half poem, half story it's bound to send this little one to sleep.
birtehosken1 min readMagical Realism
attaboy
A bedtime story for Mister Atty the Sloth, the new addition to the Edinburgh Zoo!
NBNiamh Bertram
2 min readAdventure
Hattie’s Hibernation
A bedtime story about Hattie the hedgehog preparing for hibernation.
LLottie
1 min readDrama
Atty and the Boy
A boy and his best friend
Aaduisaacs
2 min readAdventure
Snail mail and Atty the sloth
Mr Snail Mail smiled. He had heard of Atty's arrival — us slow‑moving creatures stick together. He tucked the birthday card into his shell and set off.
PPinkroses
2 min readAdventure
When the Stars Shone Brighter
A bedtime story for kids
FFreya
1 min readFantasy
The Stars are Free
How the stars shine, how they are free.
RRachaich
1 min readDrama
Dear Mother Sloth
A Mother's Love
MM.B.
1 min readDrama
I Love You More Than...
As the world begins to fall asleep, a baby sloth has a few very important questions for his mother.
Sabrina Lee2 min readMagical Realism
How the Sloth Became Slow
Now, Most Cherished One, here is a bedtime tale about the Faraway and Ancient Times before the Sloth was slow.
CSCindy Strube
3 min readFantasy
The Sloth who found her heart in Scotland
A story of discovery and acceptance as we follow the story of Feira from infancy to motherhood.
JJules
3 min readAdventure
The Unauthorized Zoo Survival Manual
Guide to survival in the zoo. Welcome to the jungle if you've just been unboxed. This is what it takes to survive.
KahlanGoh ;)3 min readSatire
Good Morning, Little Baby
Sloths are nocturnal, and Little Baby's bedtime is at dawn.
WHWesley Heid
1 min readFantasy
Home
The story of Atty's parents and the journey to their new home.
a_y_a3 min readAdventure
The First Day
This is Atty's first day on planet Earth.
Ccharlottews45
2 min readScience Fiction
Make It to Mama
A baby sloth meets many new animals as he ventures to his mother.
Ffinley
2 min readAdventure