) m& b/ c$ i1 Z. K) cOn a shiny green leaf sat a small green chameleon.
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You could hardly see it.
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8 Z" t$ {2 }, F8 j* e5 tThen 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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1 W; P* J. X; I# _6 q. T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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它停在一朵红色的花朵上就变成了红色
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6 ^, ~! A- {+ c, K5 E; k6 L当它慢慢爬过一片黄沙地,就变成了黄色
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; ~. k6 Y0 z* P, f q6 H! J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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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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' O& e6 f: w! ~4 D' lThen the chameleon's long and sticky tongue
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shot out and caught the fly.
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( T# O; d6 x+ h: \6 S; ]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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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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( F* a! m e3 V4 j0 X. ]+ o |it turned sparkling green.
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3 B0 N, `. W6 _4 n1 TThat 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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那就是它的生活。
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' c4 {' O$ g9 M7 R4 A/ E4 U一点**也没有。
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但是有一天……
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But one day...
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...the chameleon saw a zoo !
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* N1 R% g+ G/ ]( U" L- t! SIt had never seen so many beautiful animals.
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% R# B' _1 {' F: |# l3 U5 F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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How small I am,how slow,how weak!
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8 z! S4 w' s- c1 v KI wish I could be big and white like a polar bear.
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2 h F; k/ i- [ hAnd the chameleon's wish came true.
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9 h- b7 i2 d) k" DBut was it happy?
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No !
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变色龙想:
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- | y1 K& O7 t% h9 I2 L我要是能像北极熊又大又白就好了。
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# h* [6 c1 Y3 M1 D1 B" V变色龙梦想成真了。
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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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I1 g$ c; R( n6 O8 {/ q$ cI wish I could run like a deer.
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我要像鹿会奔跑。
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( x- `. U! ?3 }) t# FI 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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- D* O7 w, y+ x0 O0 I0 rI wish I could be like people.
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4 }$ g/ y) G: D( \Just then a fly flew by.
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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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我还想像人那样。
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变色龙觉得饿极了。
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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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2 _' P n$ Z. A' m6 m6 PI wish I could be myself.
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The chameleon's wish came true.
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$ t1 Q. N7 o% d“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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它又能捉到苍蝇了!
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