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On a shiny green leaf sat a small green chameleon.
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: A' E l) g% ^# ~2 L+ v% n( \( ^You 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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6 ]2 L# F8 A: g7 j5 n8 KWhen the chameleon moved slowly across the yellow sand,
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it turned yellowish.
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1 j! Y5 o! Q" @7 a; k2 U在一片闪亮的绿叶上趴着一只绿色的小变色龙
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% N% D7 P7 Q( {/ I9 i1 G你几乎很难发现它
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, m1 q/ ~0 S% s' k7 D' l( p6 [) p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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5 [4 S: K' i4 j1 F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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it turned grey and dull.
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it sat still and waited.
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5 R* c' I* T5 i3 t# T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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S$ I& _& u8 `6 ~up,down,sideways——
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% P7 Q* T& g7 }) F" c6 W/ D t, Kuntil it spotted a fly.
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- b# f5 x, M5 A! M$ P) ]4 sThen the chameleon's long and sticky tongue
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shot 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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仅仅是眼睛上上下下,忽左忽右的转动——
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' ]# |# l' v! t/ L/ @直到盯住了一只苍蝇。
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9 o/ J F, a& a4 A1 e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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1 I2 E5 ?7 E5 U. q! s+ OThat was its life.
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4 X. g; C5 N: V6 U" D, KIt 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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) }* N) L- Z, f( @# |一点**也没有。
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& N% p$ @' X, g3 [$ i+ G) u但是有一天……
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# Q4 w! m$ Y) c' a+ WBut one day...
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...the chameleon saw a zoo !
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. ^/ O R# b9 w% O2 BIt 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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* \7 b% d/ D8 n& f它从来没有见过这么多漂亮的动物。
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8 w) O0 A- Y& p3 F1 n' G* D0 s2 n* y/ TThe chameleon thought:
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How small I am,how slow,how weak!
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And the chameleon's wish came true.
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But was it happy?
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2 h$ I- g% \& G1 E9 s4 k5 ZNo !
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! n" l/ w( r( n- y d- Z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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我要是能像北极熊又大又白就好了。
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可是它快乐吗?
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一点也不快乐。
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* }8 n) L0 N/ X4 i9 ]: cI wish I could be handsome like a flamingo.
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" |( V; y( j6 D' P6 |我要像火烈鸟那样漂亮。
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' V! Z. L3 c8 v4 r6 g* BI 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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' n& q. B. U$ H0 b我要像鱼儿会游泳。
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) T, }, C) J# |I wish I could run like a deer.
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我要像鹿会奔跑。
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' N) u) _5 I: I3 _& \( {0 D4 pI 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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0 Z3 W: P1 a! ?3 sI wish I could hide in a shell like a turtle.
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I wish I could be strong like an elephant.
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. Y) W5 a0 x/ yI wish I could be like people.
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Just then a fly flew by.
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7 q6 u4 f" P. [% D9 F/ v, l& w0 vThe chameleon was very hungry.
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6 g$ R1 E- x+ E& {- GBut the chameleon was very mixed-up.
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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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* ?, ]' o. n1 w0 {9 x$ D5 e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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0 u9 P( R* G: q: G/ d% l- GI 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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. [2 Y) G$ E0 {" ]# o6 U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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