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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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你几乎很难发现它
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# ~. g; ?; j# Y$ Q1 o1 I9 e它爬到褐色的树干上就变成了褐色
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它停在一朵红色的花朵上就变成了红色
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当它慢慢爬过一片黄沙地,就变成了黄色
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But when it was cold and hungry,
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* E* e l7 f; U9 Rit turned grey and dull.
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it sat still and waited.
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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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until it spotted a fly.
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* w7 e1 F$ d) B; x7 |1 u0 z+ n$ [1 [Then the chameleon's long and sticky tongue
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+ g/ w% l/ e4 z' v6 u/ sshot out and caught the fly.
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3 ?/ S) n: o" ]2 C" R2 r. D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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When it was warm and had something to eat,
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$ h8 R4 R9 l d) {& oThat was its life.
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It 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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就变成亮丽的绿色。
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9 g1 N. r9 h( X( M那就是它的生活。
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一点**也没有。
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But one day...
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6 X6 y2 J$ g' S9 z: F...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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$ Z" _8 N% v( E$ W5 m它从来没有见过这么多漂亮的动物。
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The chameleon thought:
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I wish I could be big and white like a polar bear.
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- S7 m3 G* r1 x3 J- c- j! DAnd the chameleon's wish came true.
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But was it happy?
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No !
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变色龙想:
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* B0 [8 y! p; I5 Z2 i! H) Z我身材太小,行动太慢,身体太弱!
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, \- r6 R! R( R8 N+ \我要是能像北极熊又大又白就好了。
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* C6 G/ K. a8 r4 F3 n) _, I变色龙梦想成真了。
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可是它快乐吗?
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% Z7 E: _$ @1 K# \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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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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I wish I could run like a deer.
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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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I wish I could be strong like an elephant.
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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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- a6 o7 n6 y$ A# s5 \2 x% uJust then a fly flew by.
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. [! }" C& T- m+ x4 }- Z) {4 T" dThe chameleon was very hungry.
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1 o6 q) U/ u/ E0 P* LBut 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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' U* o( H9 m3 G3 y4 [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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& {3 T& l4 t: R/ T9 T有点像这个,又有点像那个,
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3 p, w7 z7 |9 B6 B5 R: Q' EI wish I could be myself.
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8 r; w4 p1 |$ ]8 Z" B8 YThe chameleon's wish came true.
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( p' S' Y: |& gAnd it caught the fly!
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“我要成为我自己。”
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* I* w5 o1 A% v& S变色龙回到了原来的样子,
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$ \: L% ^+ K) c& h它又能捉到苍蝇了!
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