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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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, N8 ~3 _' z; g+ }6 AIt moved onto a brown tree and turned brownish.
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* C+ N$ \, {6 _. ?5 x5 EThen 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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+ @: ~& _* A/ ?* V6 J在一片闪亮的绿叶上趴着一只绿色的小变色龙
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( ~. D$ j9 C; y/ o你几乎很难发现它
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" ~" \3 c4 r3 _( i3 i3 u它爬到褐色的树干上就变成了褐色
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! w( J/ S0 R# [0 I0 |它停在一朵红色的花朵上就变成了红色
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/ o/ @( `8 H& ^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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. {) f9 E8 }* G( hit sat still and waited.
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u0 p5 y/ [) [# x! Z. F. Z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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up,down,sideways——
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until 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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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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4 _3 g6 `+ V( n1 a7 {( V H. h! P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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. r$ ^* C/ u! E- S% R7 m( `+ bThat was its life.
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It was not very exciting.
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; p* O& v' U$ e, u6 [0 u( ] l' h4 E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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一点**也没有。
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But one day...
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( O. \+ O6 T w: l...the chameleon saw a zoo !
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It 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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How small I am,how slow,how weak!
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" b7 C6 j6 p8 y7 HI wish I could be big and white like a polar bear.
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/ g' L" C* o# t; |3 sAnd the chameleon's wish came true.
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No !
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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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( M" p0 I! d; d) I! c) p$ ~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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f& g% H% G* A2 h; F) \+ m1 m6 eI 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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' ?1 [) S) W; q- eI wish I could swim like a fish.
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" w/ ~* [& \- n+ e我要像鱼儿会游泳。
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( d; w4 y3 {! r# O: O, UI wish I could run like a deer.
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( M/ r8 a: M9 O4 T3 O7 K$ w( vI 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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- I2 y/ y1 e! G4 SI 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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9 |2 _2 u4 K& c, `3 }! ?' QI 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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1 X& C' g/ {5 J! M7 w9 t! f6 `I wish I could be funny like a seal.
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' g. G) s7 C" J ?9 r0 A8 S我要像海豹那样有趣。
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' k" J7 E9 R+ V% fI wish I could be like people.
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/ ]9 j6 o4 m# j( X4 aJust 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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$ l& h, P/ ] }" O* I6 q$ HIt 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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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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有点像这个,又有点像那个,
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I wish I could be myself.
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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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