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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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8 ^, l5 d5 O: w, z- a. `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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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 L1 K5 T, y4 V当它慢慢爬过一片黄沙地,就变成了黄色
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# U* j* n% t: v6 c% w Y你几乎很难发现它
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But when it was cold and hungry,
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8 [4 a$ B: l. t5 u1 Yit turned grey and dull.
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( s. x6 k4 l2 c/ U! Fit 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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0 s3 S, M% t n) uOnly its eyes moved——
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up,down,sideways——
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: E7 V8 `$ B0 m4 B% ZThen the chameleon's long and sticky tongue
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: M9 o) M2 L3 Tshot 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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( M, [" K9 a, E* F. B4 [! f5 t, ]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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When it was warm and had something to eat,
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it turned sparkling green.
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That was its life.
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6 r8 ?' a, l j5 k' nIt was not very exciting.
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就变成亮丽的绿色。
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1 Z* g2 U( ?# I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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But one day...
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7 }+ g1 ~; n- \9 ]...the chameleon saw a zoo !
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3 k" o5 a, @1 Q# ^It had never seen so many beautiful animals.
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& D3 b% C: I3 [- ^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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2 F% z0 G6 F- J. l9 W' I0 VThe chameleon thought:
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How small I am,how slow,how weak!
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2 ?+ d. Y' w, @0 @" v3 t" yI 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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$ e) {; q0 @( d1 E3 i, h+ yBut was it happy?
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No !
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我身材太小,行动太慢,身体太弱!
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$ x( E" X. W$ Z* v, q5 B我要是能像北极熊又大又白就好了。
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; |, @; K7 w _3 Y$ z8 T1 }! w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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/ H5 n. k! D' K5 ?I wish I could be smart like a fox.
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1 |" r$ I6 N7 ]& |I wish I could swim like a fish.
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7 A9 v; s# N- d9 D4 _- R我要像鱼儿会游泳。
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! P v' u& V- ~: v8 B3 j6 B4 TI wish I could run like a deer.
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5 V. ] L" Y7 L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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$ O1 A9 W7 Q$ i* X/ eI 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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+ q5 W0 @8 v0 eI wish I could be funny like a seal.
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1 k& c, m, {7 h5 i% H! m我要像海豹那样有趣。
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E* T* z0 }3 J- n9 r: Q0 iI wish I could be like people.
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9 X S) F0 I. e2 k, }0 GJust then a fly flew by.
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) m" m& z8 B8 ~* 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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我还想像人那样。
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变色龙觉得饿极了。
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. W0 R; u* A" ?槽糕的是,它只是拼拼凑凑起来的。
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I wish I could be myself.
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5 {( O* U$ {3 `The chameleon's wish came true.
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And it caught the fly!
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“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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