) X1 X+ R: I( R3 K# B$ T7 aOn a shiny green leaf sat a small green chameleon.
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% Z* r6 w5 Y8 {# `3 g% E# M LYou could hardly see it.
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8 y+ J& I! X* H# I# SIt moved onto a brown tree and turned brownish.
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: I4 P5 @0 P! OThen 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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5 m, M: D9 M4 V# a$ }it turned yellowish.
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3 E. d; W* i% C$ |1 e在一片闪亮的绿叶上趴着一只绿色的小变色龙
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# E9 e. J5 F2 s3 n3 d* f, r+ u你几乎很难发现它
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7 V1 N# P$ x T它爬到褐色的树干上就变成了褐色
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% k7 j' ^; c, Z C# u- P0 _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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But when it was cold and hungry,
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5 _6 w! R* a% W- n. Wit 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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- F3 e- h$ D8 `Only its eyes moved——
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up,down,sideways——
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7 a* H4 `0 x8 O. P! |* L! W& juntil it spotted a fly.
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Then the chameleon's long and sticky tongue
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0 P9 U& n( d$ Q# vshot 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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- a+ n$ _. k0 K C" J7 r2 E仅仅是眼睛上上下下,忽左忽右的转动——
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& \' X* b! O, a$ M5 @, c! w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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5 O8 y/ K& t7 z6 A+ \$ Z7 ^. }When it was warm and had something to eat,
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2 m8 y" A) w! i4 U! aThat 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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那就是它的生活。
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但是有一天……
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9 v4 b G9 o/ _ IBut one day...
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* n6 y5 ?2 w5 a! W...the chameleon saw a zoo !
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! A6 x2 Z2 v0 M M @1 ~3 [It had never seen so many beautiful animals.
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- M8 {6 l; S2 N$ J" M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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0 C" o6 f% E- o7 NThe chameleon thought:
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$ A/ s/ s% h9 R& XHow small I am,how slow,how weak!
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I wish I could be big and white like a polar bear.
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$ @) D4 j+ c9 M+ P/ {And the chameleon's wish came true.
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( V$ E9 s3 I7 R Z" d/ C5 MBut was it happy?
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No !
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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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' U* j7 d' ?! x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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I wish I could be handsome like a flamingo.
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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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3 G! c @5 _2 x% A$ mI wish I could swim like a fish.
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/ f% U/ g! P Q$ f, H+ J7 k$ v我要像鱼儿会游泳。
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8 p3 f# d. P3 C8 LI wish I could run like a deer.
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% y" e7 D3 D& z% S4 ]! ^$ uI wish I could see things far away like a giraffe.
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h$ S3 o7 A, f! h6 T: o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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1 {1 i2 B* h. M @% |我要像大象那样强壮。
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( a( W, V9 G$ W" J9 E) vI wish I could be funny like a seal.
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2 G/ W# ^- ]" wI wish I could be like people.
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Just then a fly flew by.
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6 |3 x% l) S4 S% JThe chameleon was very hungry.
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/ p& r5 {9 H! YBut the chameleon was very mixed-up.
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6 d: J/ P, {% d! E1 A& N) P- \It 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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4 ?, y L* o$ z这时,一只苍蝇飞过,
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4 _& R$ s- b7 t1 v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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The chameleon's wish came true.
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1 @4 ^7 \2 ^; w* s“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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