On a shiny green leaf sat a small green chameleon.

You could hardly see it.

It moved onto a brown tree and turned brownish.

Then it rested on a red flower and turned reddish.

When the chameleon moved slowly across the yellow sand，

it turned yellowish.

在一片闪亮的绿叶上趴着一只绿色的小变色龙

你几乎很难发现它

它爬到褐色的树干上就变成了褐色

它停在一朵红色的花朵上就变成了红色

当它慢慢爬过一片黄沙地，就变成了黄色

你几乎很难发现它

But when it was cold and hungry，

it turned grey and dull.

it sat still and waited.

当它又冷又饿时，它就变成暗淡的灰色。

Only its eyes moved——

up，down，sideways——

until it spotted a fly.

Then the chameleon's long and sticky tongue

shot out and caught the fly.

变色龙饿了，就一动不动的趴着等待。

仅仅是眼睛上上下下，忽左忽右的转动——

直到盯住了一只苍蝇。

那时，变色龙的长长的，黏黏的舌头

就会射出去，捉住苍蝇。

When it was warm and had something to eat，

it turned sparkling green.

That was its life.

It was not very exciting.

变色龙暖和又有东西吃的时候，

就变成亮丽的绿色。

那就是它的生活。

一点**也没有。

但是有一天……

But one day...

...the chameleon saw a zoo !

It had never seen so many beautiful animals.

直到有一天，变色龙看到了动物园！

它从来没有见过这么多漂亮的动物。

The chameleon thought：

How small I am，how slow，how weak！

I wish I could be big and white like a polar bear.

And the chameleon's wish came true.

But was it happy？

No !

变色龙想：

我身材太小，行动太慢，身体太弱！

我要是能像北极熊又大又白就好了。

变色龙梦想成真了。

可是它快乐吗？

一点也不快乐。

I wish I could be handsome like a flamingo.

我要像火烈鸟那样漂亮。

I wish I could be smart like a fox.

我要像狐狸那样优雅。

I wish I could swim like a fish.

我要像鱼儿会游泳。

I wish I could run like a deer.

我要像鹿会奔跑。

I wish I could see things far away like a giraffe.

我要像长颈鹿那样看得很远很远。

I wish I could hide in a shell like a turtle.

我要像乌龟那样能藏在壳里。

I wish I could be strong like an elephant.

我要像大象那样强壮。

I wish I could be funny like a seal.

我要像海豹那样有趣。

I wish I could be like people.

Just then a fly flew by.

The chameleon was very hungry.

But the chameleon was very mixed-up.

It was a little of this and it was a little of that.

And it couldn't catch the fly.

我还想像人那样。

这时，一只苍蝇飞过，

变色龙觉得饿极了。

槽糕的是，它只是拼拼凑凑起来的。

有点像这个，又有点像那个，

它已经捉不到苍蝇了。

I wish I could be myself.

The chameleon's wish came true.

And it caught the fly！

“我要成为我自己。”

变色龙回到了原来的样子，

它又能捉到苍蝇了！