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On a shiny green leaf sat a small green chameleon.
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9 }# k3 L `" m9 rYou could hardly see it.
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' p# r, o- T4 ]' N% OIt 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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' U! }& \: b1 l+ D8 N' c4 iit 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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- U* Z+ G9 a( v$ {你几乎很难发现它
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+ `) u7 i |+ D它爬到褐色的树干上就变成了褐色
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0 G+ U, Q3 z& E6 `8 ~# `它停在一朵红色的花朵上就变成了红色
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9 O6 T0 U1 D8 b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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it turned grey and dull.
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it sat still and waited.
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1 [: r: Z0 o3 |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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shot 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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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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就会射出去,捉住苍蝇。
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; K9 S( g+ n. M8 cWhen it was warm and had something to eat,
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+ W5 D+ I5 h) A" P+ l4 K. |9 H0 f% oit turned sparkling green.
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4 {+ P: w6 I. X9 Z1 NThat was its life.
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- @: c" J o1 j1 e, [" KIt 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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$ \. `) H: T" `: ~" ~6 u3 Z9 W但是有一天……
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But one day...
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/ G" x8 _. w q...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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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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+ N) r/ { d) q2 i0 m0 wAnd the chameleon's wish came true.
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! p1 O* D' k2 \' `% Z5 b: RBut was it happy?
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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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我要是能像北极熊又大又白就好了。
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变色龙梦想成真了。
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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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# d$ q) l: Y+ W/ A% i% UI wish I could be smart like a fox.
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+ j: a% x7 k# Z* I9 \我要像狐狸那样优雅。
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* I* s5 \. l! b5 EI 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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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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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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I wish I could be funny like a seal.
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$ k8 U, Q2 E' J# OJust then a fly flew by.
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The chameleon was very hungry.
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But the chameleon was very mixed-up.
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0 r6 ^3 ?9 F, r1 A+ x1 _4 l2 K4 T0 dIt was a little of this and it was a little of that.
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; B! n/ V$ p* Z! D0 bAnd 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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变色龙觉得饿极了。
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& l4 M, v1 K7 ?7 x1 |槽糕的是,它只是拼拼凑凑起来的。
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% B$ ^6 W8 S# n有点像这个,又有点像那个,
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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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& W. U; v9 r4 t2 k# w/ FThe chameleon's wish came true.
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And it caught the fly!
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变色龙回到了原来的样子,
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