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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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! t6 k( v6 q6 }( UThen it rested on a red flower and turned reddish.
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; }0 o+ P& x9 n5 W. U5 vWhen 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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你几乎很难发现它
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' C$ R6 ]* }, R1 l H) O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 q' A8 V- I* w ]' m. n. N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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4 Q9 V! z+ i- B, F6 `' q2 PBut when it was cold and hungry,
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3 f. {1 P% k! Uit turned grey and dull.
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it sat still and waited.
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, F. C3 q0 K$ f. ^3 t当它又冷又饿时,它就变成暗淡的灰色。
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+ ^5 d. |' d, [- ?7 _Only its eyes moved——
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up,down,sideways——
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5 Z( ?3 j) Y( j& zuntil it spotted a fly.
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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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1 V, F7 c c% v/ r: U2 B变色龙饿了,就一动不动的趴着等待。
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3 f6 x: o( \# ^ G仅仅是眼睛上上下下,忽左忽右的转动——
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- B1 m: [2 C& U4 y# u7 {; ?直到盯住了一只苍蝇。
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7 U m5 g$ y+ D6 T0 s) A6 y: m/ n那时,变色龙的长长的,黏黏的舌头
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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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& V+ H1 P# J. a& H+ o" o$ L1 EThat 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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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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; I6 a2 n; x2 s& n' y- |$ hBut one day...
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...the chameleon saw a zoo !
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" b1 h2 j5 L( q, \+ k* I1 T4 J O! YIt had never seen so many beautiful animals.
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4 b. }& R/ }7 `" h) x- G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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# W( ]# w$ R9 e% iThe chameleon thought:
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How small I am,how slow,how weak!
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: ^( m3 h; ~: j7 pI wish I could be big and white like a polar bear.
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+ {) S/ N, z, b" F) B) {% UAnd the chameleon's wish came true.
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But was it happy?
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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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5 c; O4 z0 j. {- t1 d" Y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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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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& n5 W; T* I. w我要像鱼儿会游泳。
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I wish I could run like a deer.
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( Q4 Z+ n) _1 f7 N* t" E1 S我要像鹿会奔跑。
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& a. I j/ p j5 MI 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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" q' ^4 m c( {0 j* AI wish I could hide in a shell like a turtle.
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5 c* u; A; ^1 d2 j1 U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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' ]& A: ~1 @) K5 d. R5 b我要像大象那样强壮。
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4 L [: V4 f$ [/ f2 Y, j# Q" D4 lI wish I could be funny like a seal.
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" Q5 U$ M- \( _1 x( N( n$ V我要像海豹那样有趣。
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I wish I could be like people.
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2 ^! M' W! f' R8 }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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' V9 {# @4 ?/ ^5 E. RIt 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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1 d2 f& M1 ]' u( E7 C5 B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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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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. r6 ~* _3 E/ v8 vThe 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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