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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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1 E/ b3 l. X9 m* BThen it rested on a red flower and turned reddish.
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* V9 {8 w; n2 ?- yWhen the chameleon moved slowly across the yellow sand,
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: ~5 i) \4 V1 X6 ^ o" V在一片闪亮的绿叶上趴着一只绿色的小变色龙
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7 f, s8 d" f) A' R+ G你几乎很难发现它
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O/ W1 y) F( B% }8 f它爬到褐色的树干上就变成了褐色
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. ]4 N$ O& w; \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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7 C. N+ J, K) K& G" a1 a/ _你几乎很难发现它
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2 A" c! m: r; iBut when it was cold and hungry,
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it turned grey and dull.
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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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/ }' R# O: e& z7 s* @2 `) puntil it spotted a fly.
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Z7 O5 |: v# t) EThen the chameleon's long and sticky tongue
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shot out and caught the fly.
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' Z9 F) Y8 Z' e& j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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就会射出去,捉住苍蝇。
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9 {0 W! h$ b" b: y8 ~& qWhen it was warm and had something to eat,
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- M& f# {# j9 ?( |. c- ZIt 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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6 W2 ^4 t/ z5 x( L" d那就是它的生活。
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一点**也没有。
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但是有一天……
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" Y+ c, R- g2 v5 @& JBut one day...
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$ c) s" h: i [- P9 N...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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The chameleon thought:
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" {* K( F1 z! Q3 [- b, [I wish I could be big and white like a polar bear.
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And the chameleon's wish came true.
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No !
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x$ O' {: e G+ d变色龙想:
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! B7 C( O. o) b& d9 X我身材太小,行动太慢,身体太弱!
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" ~2 ~3 \: n; A8 P; g; Q6 T! ]我要是能像北极熊又大又白就好了。
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; y( o. c0 T9 o s变色龙梦想成真了。
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一点也不快乐。
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3 e9 S% E; l6 X' }' T) o2 x9 l; cI 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 swim like a fish.
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我要像鱼儿会游泳。
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; @4 a+ E& x+ e6 h; ?1 l* jI wish I could see things far away like a giraffe.
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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 like people.
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Just then a fly flew by.
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% d+ p! }/ v- ~6 wThe chameleon was very hungry.
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8 b: z" n+ ?$ l2 k+ @我还想像人那样。
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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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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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3 d! D3 y' R0 T4 d6 N5 Z( UThe chameleon's wish came true.
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And it caught the fly!
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' e8 J+ q: g; `; y“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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