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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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- D5 _) p2 N7 Z4 q; qIt 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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1 j4 u# m" L( z- _9 m- Z; I在一片闪亮的绿叶上趴着一只绿色的小变色龙
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8 l! S. a( ?4 W你几乎很难发现它
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它爬到褐色的树干上就变成了褐色
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" J- q# `1 f6 `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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/ m$ ?" d3 ?+ V. }* Q$ H- n) RBut when it was cold and hungry,
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( ]7 K6 x# S- g) m- f: }: yit turned grey and dull.
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, x/ W7 ?9 B7 nit sat still and waited.
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" @& w7 R$ p( ~+ ]当它又冷又饿时,它就变成暗淡的灰色。
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( C" U9 Q8 s1 @# x k" [Only its eyes moved——
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until it spotted a fly.
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8 ?5 w) r" o" P9 j7 m9 ?4 eThen 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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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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% z: x- @% N) I* s2 | R就会射出去,捉住苍蝇。
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; ~+ ~& C0 s9 {' ~% e! B8 f8 ZWhen 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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/ |- ^* f! z |. RIt was not very exciting.
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) f' D6 B* V2 n+ y8 M$ }变色龙暖和又有东西吃的时候,
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9 a' `$ `, H( p6 \$ m% q; z" W那就是它的生活。
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) i0 @; r! c3 n* X4 ~1 g' k$ R. ^; {一点**也没有。
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, S# o# U5 i- ^ m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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3 K) q- Q% u$ ~: C+ w7 LIt 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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9 ]$ A* v+ I' kThe chameleon thought:
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! Z N: u4 w- QHow 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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But was it happy?
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No !
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变色龙想:
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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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一点也不快乐。
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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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$ h/ ^0 J2 i3 ~% f0 D( A' @I wish I could be smart like a fox.
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" j9 g0 q- j7 D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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I wish I could see things far away like a giraffe.
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8 J/ m0 c) l+ N' w5 d Y, z我要像长颈鹿那样看得很远很远。
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9 t9 {' w$ e0 u" EI 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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9 c6 @* g! S% R; `I wish I could be funny like a seal.
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/ d# U" w2 E- O1 F1 S2 M! E- F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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- j( N8 p0 O& {' P3 @, q0 Y vIt was a little of this and it was a little of that.
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2 I5 N1 j% `% X0 \/ S5 c- [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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槽糕的是,它只是拼拼凑凑起来的。
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# @$ [9 X! e) E0 k5 j$ q/ e有点像这个,又有点像那个,
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! @# s# [, V* J$ J它已经捉不到苍蝇了。
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I wish I could be myself.
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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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