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On a shiny green leaf sat a small green chameleon.
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0 M, y4 C- S7 Z+ CYou 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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* F9 `0 f1 \* fWhen 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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7 H! ^ T8 `7 @5 i: g8 R( `你几乎很难发现它
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4 N f' w2 I5 t: H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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你几乎很难发现它
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it sat still and waited.
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% q! h3 M" ]( ~, a6 g; v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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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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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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+ R) H @0 }7 `" D0 B" iThat was its life.
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. U2 t+ ^% `- B) n: nIt was not very exciting.
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( j+ U d! i, ]0 k就变成亮丽的绿色。
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那就是它的生活。
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( b3 [" g/ u2 e! Y% |6 C7 X但是有一天……
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But one day...
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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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6 [5 M; I+ W: U; @The chameleon thought:
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How small I am,how slow,how weak!
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9 E. f9 V9 ?) j9 g4 j0 tAnd the chameleon's wish came true.
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3 p9 c( |; i R# H; HBut was it happy?
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No !
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0 K5 V7 M+ X. g& g变色龙想:
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9 [/ i$ K3 f" u. I' X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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5 X T- l K0 l3 m/ s: f变色龙梦想成真了。
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+ X2 W! ?- M) M- G一点也不快乐。
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+ f8 J# F4 A( R$ b4 \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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0 T4 ^0 ^, E- l1 `; N* ?' x0 kI 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 run like a deer.
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我要像鹿会奔跑。
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我要像长颈鹿那样看得很远很远。
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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 funny like a seal.
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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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Just 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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& s! E1 a( I1 eIt was a little of this and it was a little of that.
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And 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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# Y1 y2 X: x6 r9 X9 t" S槽糕的是,它只是拼拼凑凑起来的。
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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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