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You could hardly see it.
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6 ?2 m5 ~" r1 \# u5 |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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# s. O; q1 e: k" r. Y, M1 w你几乎很难发现它
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6 ]" H' E! Z n1 V1 {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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Z1 }* `9 `5 g4 w2 d; U) G当它慢慢爬过一片黄沙地,就变成了黄色
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! X, E1 ^3 u& Q$ X0 Q你几乎很难发现它
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2 o& {1 _+ L# J& e% DBut 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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; A& m: h9 w& z" i& ^+ z; q当它又冷又饿时,它就变成暗淡的灰色。
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' N3 s; m. F! f; Y% {1 AOnly its eyes moved——
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up,down,sideways——
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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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6 L1 x+ s1 q! k9 {$ D+ a- w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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就会射出去,捉住苍蝇。
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0 r. T" h/ D3 |" v' O/ r: OWhen 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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+ i3 Y3 u+ Z: P9 p+ a6 g" B( 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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就变成亮丽的绿色。
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但是有一天……
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But one day...
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+ L- p0 o% s8 {6 j1 {6 _" o5 L...the chameleon saw a zoo !
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/ A( d' q, o6 C3 QIt 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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The chameleon thought:
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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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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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可是它快乐吗?
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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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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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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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2 \" z2 R9 v6 D8 r0 ]2 q1 A( g. fI wish I could be strong like an elephant.
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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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o$ {5 T1 r# u# l" _9 i2 SJust then a fly flew by.
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- b) r% Q I' k xThe chameleon was very hungry.
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- K) J% |; n; b! SBut 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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6 |" R0 e% [" f- @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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它已经捉不到苍蝇了。
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I wish I could be myself.
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1 j! Y: E; H( [$ gAnd it caught the fly!
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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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