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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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' D. c0 G8 Q3 j5 i* R4 `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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在一片闪亮的绿叶上趴着一只绿色的小变色龙
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, A7 m) a3 @/ j4 K1 X& h你几乎很难发现它
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8 E4 J+ L) e6 V' ]& J n4 k. u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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But when it was cold and hungry,
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, ]8 C0 ]& U6 R3 t$ c$ v" Jit turned grey and dull.
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it sat still and waited.
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* m+ S, F& x$ Z, L+ g当它又冷又饿时,它就变成暗淡的灰色。
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8 }5 _6 P4 Z2 a: {1 K" }Only its eyes moved——
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up,down,sideways——
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until it spotted a fly.
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% ]5 d( _0 L" x; U! eThen the chameleon's long and sticky tongue
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1 Y& v0 E ^% Qshot out and caught the fly.
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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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it turned sparkling green.
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That was its life.
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6 q: r/ `. Y, V8 e+ {( jIt 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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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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...the chameleon saw a zoo !
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直到有一天,变色龙看到了动物园!
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7 O6 w% K1 e' h* d3 y) O6 ^& v它从来没有见过这么多漂亮的动物。
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6 X1 T6 p' L3 ?: U" VThe chameleon thought:
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How 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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And the chameleon's wish came true.
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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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变色龙梦想成真了。
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* A% x0 a' S0 H7 i9 i0 HI wish I could be handsome like a flamingo.
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: c6 k% c" b! x: yI 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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我要像鱼儿会游泳。
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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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4 ^- m# {/ I- n" P7 b4 ^+ B9 T6 c8 NI wish I could see things far away like a giraffe.
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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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Just then a fly flew by.
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" h3 L8 V7 O5 J3 Z. {, I- v: _The chameleon was very hungry.
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4 ]. U% | t; a/ {8 A1 d, H, Y$ SIt was a little of this and it was a little of that.
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0 p+ z4 w( L4 j2 ZAnd it couldn't catch the fly.
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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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/ Y, N* G& d! A/ x, U% ~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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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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