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On a shiny green leaf sat a small green chameleon.
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You could hardly see it.
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It moved onto a brown tree and turned brownish.
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Then 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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在一片闪亮的绿叶上趴着一只绿色的小变色龙
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9 _* r- o5 r& g |4 I% ?+ U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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& r0 R% s- o1 s8 X3 J L1 s它停在一朵红色的花朵上就变成了红色
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* {1 q" l' s+ r0 B/ C/ v' J4 w当它慢慢爬过一片黄沙地,就变成了黄色
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你几乎很难发现它
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But when it was cold and hungry,
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3 I# I: \ p" y) ?! E. M% Q" J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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up,down,sideways——
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until it spotted a fly.
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Then the chameleon's long and sticky tongue
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$ e' r( p1 O; J( Q: b9 w6 m: A变色龙饿了,就一动不动的趴着等待。
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仅仅是眼睛上上下下,忽左忽右的转动——
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直到盯住了一只苍蝇。
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那时,变色龙的长长的,黏黏的舌头
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$ |+ p) i+ i( L# M0 t就会射出去,捉住苍蝇。
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When it was warm and had something to eat,
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$ d3 D, O- Q/ W5 y0 tThat was its life.
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3 o5 f$ `& U# k8 ~, QIt was not very exciting.
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变色龙暖和又有东西吃的时候,
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那就是它的生活。
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一点**也没有。
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" r' n4 P; z) f) K/ a* u但是有一天……
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...the chameleon saw a zoo !
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0 U( h4 e& J+ u9 [$ S% Y$ mIt had never seen so many beautiful animals.
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1 D/ q4 u g( J% P; u直到有一天,变色龙看到了动物园!
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它从来没有见过这么多漂亮的动物。
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: W' u. t' X( z0 aThe chameleon thought:
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I wish I could be big and white like a polar bear.
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3 _- u8 u6 M PAnd the chameleon's wish came true.
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But was it happy?
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% W# q- G3 H7 W4 N$ `我身材太小,行动太慢,身体太弱!
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% K) V! s- }$ \2 \; f. T我要是能像北极熊又大又白就好了。
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4 x1 K( }7 f {' o$ b7 R变色龙梦想成真了。
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$ s* G9 w7 [+ X" X3 R, P可是它快乐吗?
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一点也不快乐。
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I wish I could be handsome like a flamingo.
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我要像火烈鸟那样漂亮。
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I wish I could be smart like a fox.
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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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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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我要像长颈鹿那样看得很远很远。
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7 H4 W6 g5 N3 q- D$ iI wish I could hide in a shell like a turtle.
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1 j0 k! ]5 h5 g* e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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6 A) a3 [3 E# q7 c我要像大象那样强壮。
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I wish I could be funny like a seal.
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我要像海豹那样有趣。
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I wish I could be like people.
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/ X6 t) r3 G( v IThe chameleon was very hungry.
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But the chameleon was very mixed-up.
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It was a little of this and it was a little of that.
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And it couldn't catch the fly.
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" ?8 ?6 e3 t" k* ?& s我还想像人那样。
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这时,一只苍蝇飞过,
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变色龙觉得饿极了。
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槽糕的是,它只是拼拼凑凑起来的。
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. j. w: b, B4 Q' Z$ I3 |% B有点像这个,又有点像那个,
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2 z8 Q m8 `" s6 S* _/ eThe chameleon's wish came true.
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And it caught the fly!
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, X# M5 o% c4 _; X4 p“我要成为我自己。”
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变色龙回到了原来的样子,
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