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On a shiny green leaf sat a small green chameleon.
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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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When the chameleon moved slowly across the yellow sand,
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it turned yellowish.
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) c6 L- g2 p' D0 c8 w2 z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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它爬到褐色的树干上就变成了褐色
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$ X/ H5 B+ f$ I- ?' |它停在一朵红色的花朵上就变成了红色
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B. m1 E: K. y当它慢慢爬过一片黄沙地,就变成了黄色
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8 Y+ |/ x* Y# g# A9 f9 z你几乎很难发现它
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But when it was cold and hungry,
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& ` M5 A4 }1 A6 Q e/ |* @; B! ]it sat still and waited.
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" S( Z' A8 T9 V% F# R# Z- q* o5 B当它又冷又饿时,它就变成暗淡的灰色。
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; s+ \# g8 f: X0 W8 y5 eup,down,sideways——
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until it spotted a fly.
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$ J; b$ {" f+ p- xThen the chameleon's long and sticky tongue
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shot out and caught the fly.
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& [1 A4 ?0 |! k" q) R) l变色龙饿了,就一动不动的趴着等待。
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( }8 @* Y# h; m仅仅是眼睛上上下下,忽左忽右的转动——
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4 t- `/ { r9 ]+ U3 U- B2 j直到盯住了一只苍蝇。
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5 F& r7 @( o4 L$ l# c- [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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- R% D- B8 ^( ]( KWhen it was warm and had something to eat,
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4 w$ ~6 x3 B( c5 Dit turned sparkling green.
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3 |7 i. h8 T6 R) }1 uThat was its life.
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It was not very exciting.
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* S7 O6 ^. _! V& c' A那就是它的生活。
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/ l+ w2 x) g0 {% K1 a: \一点**也没有。
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但是有一天……
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; x9 y2 _! }" N! Q7 Q9 VBut 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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它从来没有见过这么多漂亮的动物。
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. R( I# _! j" IThe chameleon thought:
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( k/ Z- Z1 b8 Q, l+ AHow 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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- \: u4 |& l3 b8 V8 tAnd the chameleon's wish came true.
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! p! R0 n; w3 z) E4 }But was it happy?
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No !
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, c! |2 w. ^ [# c( u. v& p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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8 L( M3 K M4 o* B1 }我要是能像北极熊又大又白就好了。
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2 }. Q" T" I) L' L+ B8 i变色龙梦想成真了。
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0 h: X, ]8 l" [$ N. ^可是它快乐吗?
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! K; o* \' {) a5 r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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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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9 ~. ?3 L% ]8 x" _& W: Y% YI wish I could swim like a fish.
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# z% W2 _: c" {4 J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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I wish I could see things far away like a giraffe.
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3 {/ Z5 d @9 W$ U& g我要像长颈鹿那样看得很远很远。
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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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# b; {8 J4 R2 L1 f* F% D% {3 \I 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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我要像海豹那样有趣。
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I wish I could be like people.
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( |( Z. @+ t8 m6 J& X0 ~( q. dJust then a fly flew by.
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The chameleon was very hungry.
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" ?% }& \$ t D. z3 e" p. |" `8 [( QBut 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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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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5 c2 S( u$ c& [. X+ ?1 g& Y9 cI wish I could be myself.
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4 T4 b, Z( @( Z$ t$ ?' _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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