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On a shiny green leaf sat a small green chameleon.
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9 p; {4 Z {1 ?You could hardly see it.
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- O* U. [* \$ R) sIt moved onto a brown tree and turned brownish.
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$ B5 F& }8 W U1 o- uThen it rested on a red flower and turned reddish.
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When the chameleon moved slowly across the yellow sand,
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it turned yellowish.
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在一片闪亮的绿叶上趴着一只绿色的小变色龙
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你几乎很难发现它
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它爬到褐色的树干上就变成了褐色
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$ M2 d( V8 d5 V& c4 s$ O它停在一朵红色的花朵上就变成了红色
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3 F' |% m6 t0 W P3 T2 n0 P当它慢慢爬过一片黄沙地,就变成了黄色
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6 o+ r" C, I2 z% S4 S你几乎很难发现它
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But when it was cold and hungry,
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4 K0 p: a+ {! f2 hit turned grey and dull.
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5 L) Q# e; I3 J2 }1 I" n3 Tit sat still and waited.
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. [$ M0 E4 r1 E0 k; D6 e U当它又冷又饿时,它就变成暗淡的灰色。
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Only its eyes moved——
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3 N9 V- P' }6 _9 B6 a6 B( Zup,down,sideways——
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3 X2 w c% s6 m" s: x9 M& n$ cThen the chameleon's long and sticky tongue
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& E, t% E; i& j9 `% ~% Qshot out and caught the fly.
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变色龙饿了,就一动不动的趴着等待。
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* J, m% Y/ }3 i仅仅是眼睛上上下下,忽左忽右的转动——
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4 X1 I8 c' c* K. `7 Y直到盯住了一只苍蝇。
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y1 P" O2 {# ^1 H. T! R那时,变色龙的长长的,黏黏的舌头
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When it was warm and had something to eat,
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That was its life.
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It was not very exciting.
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就变成亮丽的绿色。
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那就是它的生活。
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但是有一天……
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...the chameleon saw a zoo !
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It had never seen so many beautiful animals.
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直到有一天,变色龙看到了动物园!
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8 x- A/ N$ Y' ~它从来没有见过这么多漂亮的动物。
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! \/ k( X. ]1 [. eThe chameleon thought:
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0 A) H$ ~( u( w: W' V, HHow small I am,how slow,how weak!
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6 q; J" K2 ~+ l+ qI wish I could be big and white like a polar bear.
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6 o1 e) ~+ ], gAnd the chameleon's wish came true.
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But was it happy?
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# {, @) C: _7 |- }* Y变色龙想:
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我身材太小,行动太慢,身体太弱!
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' V5 r6 S9 Z) R2 D9 `. M' n# C我要是能像北极熊又大又白就好了。
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9 K% ^8 Y& D$ Z) k" t. P变色龙梦想成真了。
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一点也不快乐。
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我要像火烈鸟那样漂亮。
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# R" _/ n8 |$ ? _# d2 t# dI wish I could be smart like a fox.
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我要像狐狸那样优雅。
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I wish I could swim like a fish.
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我要像鱼儿会游泳。
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I wish I could run like a deer.
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我要像鹿会奔跑。
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I wish I could see things far away like a giraffe.
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I wish I could hide in a shell like a turtle.
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我要像乌龟那样能藏在壳里。
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I wish I could be strong like an elephant.
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我要像大象那样强壮。
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1 i4 p% y7 m/ L" b4 m5 UI wish I could be funny like a seal.
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6 e+ x8 d0 f2 E0 N9 J2 Y, d我要像海豹那样有趣。
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7 y& w! G+ z+ L* w4 T* `I wish I could be like people.
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Just then a fly flew by.
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( C/ u0 p3 d" V3 w0 ^0 o! t+ XThe chameleon was very hungry.
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It was a little of this and it was a little of that.
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2 F( A. a& e( E) y4 i+ N+ Y" NAnd it couldn't catch the fly.
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我还想像人那样。
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这时,一只苍蝇飞过,
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它已经捉不到苍蝇了。
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I wish I could be myself.
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The chameleon's wish came true.
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8 ?$ o6 l( Z8 X1 r. r* W变色龙回到了原来的样子,
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它又能捉到苍蝇了!
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