That morning, as Theo Jacobson awoke from his slumber, the only thing on His mind was qualifying for the regional track meet. For weeks, Theo had spent his afternoon's training for this meet, He had never put this much effort into anything; most were shocked by this new behavior as His peers saw Theo as lazy. Eventually, Theo rolled out of bed only to find that he gained a great deal of weight. His vision still blurry, He decides to head to the bathroom only to discover that his body is no longer his own. “What cruel irony is this?” He says, scanning the mirror for affirmation. Theo’s body now resembled that of a Three-toed sloth, ironic considering his personality. After coming to grips with his situation he decided that the show, rather the
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Theo’s next problem became how would he get to school. Theo’s father usually dropped him off, but how would he react to his son’s new transformation? there was only one way to find out. Theo made his way to the door, determined to get to school and qualify, but just as He went to the door His father, Mark flung open the door, “Theo, it’s time for school-” hearing a loud thud he checked the floor, hoping to find his son only to find a six-foot-two, one hundred sixty pound sloth growling and writhing in agony. When Theo finally regained consciousness He found himself in an enclosement, wherever Theo was it wasn’t school, it smelled like a zoo. Then It suddenly dawned on him, He was in a zoo the Albuquerque BioPark zoo to be exact. This stark and sudden realization caused Theo to fall from the tree He had latched onto. Making it to school would now prove to be a Herculean task, He was trapped inside of the zoo and he had now become a sloth. “Whatever it takes I must get to school, I'm the anchor, I have to.” Being anchor meant everything to Theo, He had trained harder than he had ever trained before. So why now was He being punished, besides that why did His father not recognize his own son? All of these questions began to confuse Theo
Theo’s next problem became how would he get to school. Theo’s father usually dropped him off, but how would he react to his son’s new transformation? there was only one way to find out. Theo made his way to the door, determined to get to school and qualify, but just as He went to the door His father, Mark flung open the door, “Theo, it’s time for school-” hearing a loud thud he checked the floor, hoping to find his son only to find a six-foot-two, one hundred sixty pound sloth growling and writhing in agony. When Theo finally regained consciousness He found himself in an enclosement, wherever Theo was it wasn’t school, it smelled like a zoo. Then It suddenly dawned on him, He was in a zoo the Albuquerque BioPark zoo to be exact. This stark and sudden realization caused Theo to fall from the tree He had latched onto. Making it to school would now prove to be a Herculean task, He was trapped inside of the zoo and he had now become a sloth. “Whatever it takes I must get to school, I'm the anchor, I have to.” Being anchor meant everything to Theo, He had trained harder than he had ever trained before. So why now was He being punished, besides that why did His father not recognize his own son? All of these questions began to confuse Theo