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On a shiny green leaf sat a small green chameleon.
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! I# ~6 _8 m1 V' E4 oYou 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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/ v, W$ P2 H9 }; O4 [8 u$ H% UWhen the chameleon moved slowly across the yellow sand,
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it turned yellowish.
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% N2 c; x* d9 c1 h' p在一片闪亮的绿叶上趴着一只绿色的小变色龙
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' R, n1 t9 N+ j6 X; l你几乎很难发现它
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0 t& \0 R M) b' k5 q, R它爬到褐色的树干上就变成了褐色
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6 J9 `* K0 \5 k1 k& I% C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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) b# v4 \9 [ A, H' G) H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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7 ^8 O0 |' F3 o" S0 Rup,down,sideways——
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until it spotted a fly.
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Then the chameleon's long and sticky tongue
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变色龙饿了,就一动不动的趴着等待。
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* b- r3 \. l! I1 Z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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: ?* \4 ]7 G' S4 i( @1 q* xWhen it was warm and had something to eat,
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it turned sparkling green.
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" C& U) E e& f& q' _& LThat 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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) ?6 D! Q) e6 _8 e7 Q, c那就是它的生活。
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一点**也没有。
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8 `3 d" q0 d5 y! U2 r+ w' X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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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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; M; `, {' M/ e& }( f1 O' W i/ C% F [它从来没有见过这么多漂亮的动物。
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) K+ d5 c- b! N/ v6 }The chameleon thought:
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How small I am,how slow,how weak!
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& b% s+ B4 h2 k- G7 p' q! EAnd the chameleon's wish came true.
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But was it happy?
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No !
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4 Q0 c# i1 K/ s A& C) E变色龙想:
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$ h" T- h. r1 ]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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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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) ]+ ]6 c# x1 H- x我要像火烈鸟那样漂亮。
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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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! Z. ?" g' e/ ]" `我要像鱼儿会游泳。
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; {( l* T& I' w* G9 S; ?+ OI wish I could run like a deer.
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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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0 X: e( e' ~% j) L! `I wish I could hide in a shell like a turtle.
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( c' _' v+ S/ |8 @* sI 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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9 X0 a' [& h4 S- d, Q5 K- S' II wish I could be funny like a seal.
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8 ?9 y/ L k& \2 @ r我要像海豹那样有趣。
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# B5 k1 o) z% vI wish I could be like people.
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' ~; M6 A3 V/ Z7 @2 a# MJust then a fly flew by.
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The chameleon was very hungry.
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, |$ I) P/ v0 X% rBut the chameleon was very mixed-up.
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6 D; \' A, p# Y& s; xIt was a little of this and it was a little of that.
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, ]- @ Q6 u2 rAnd it couldn't catch the fly.
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% T, R5 u& R$ I6 j5 c我还想像人那样。
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9 ?3 x* [9 }( R# P9 R7 ^4 s R这时,一只苍蝇飞过,
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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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I wish I could be myself.
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The chameleon's wish came true.
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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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