# o0 A( ~, r4 H% \" kOn a shiny green leaf sat a small green chameleon.
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You could hardly see it.
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; S `6 _4 N+ R3 @6 W: fIt 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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' T: G8 v& Q4 S e8 C; V# {3 d! H( r在一片闪亮的绿叶上趴着一只绿色的小变色龙
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' i; W s1 { l4 W+ K, j6 G4 a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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它停在一朵红色的花朵上就变成了红色
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当它慢慢爬过一片黄沙地,就变成了黄色
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1 l9 o( h9 o9 X1 K7 p) y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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( t+ N6 O; {0 i0 o* H( ]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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3 e4 [* v* {9 XThen the chameleon's long and sticky tongue
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: H2 K/ W1 u* }' Gshot out and caught the fly.
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" Q/ V4 z, R* x5 s! {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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* |/ j1 E# S) Q+ t3 g7 L直到盯住了一只苍蝇。
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+ F1 W; i+ ^8 q; P! {9 z0 G7 o i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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* ^* P, {8 P8 K8 |2 [8 gWhen it was warm and had something to eat,
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# F3 Y1 P9 E' `( @ dThat was its life.
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$ h, W4 { b9 {" T$ MIt 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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. `3 p& S0 @" |4 C6 T就变成亮丽的绿色。
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* x% k4 B2 f2 G% G那就是它的生活。
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一点**也没有。
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( U& Y G3 E1 {, U5 \3 A但是有一天……
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But one day...
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...the chameleon saw a zoo !
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; a0 m' L2 P/ W* s3 {- u- J* RIt 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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它从来没有见过这么多漂亮的动物。
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The chameleon thought:
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How 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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$ |. _8 N/ m* H# T% H Q# AAnd the chameleon's wish came true.
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But was it happy?
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No !
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" B2 w- c( j5 A' U/ e* l/ {7 c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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! ?% |+ ~, c9 U- {+ w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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. S' F, s C: H/ U& N. cI wish I could be handsome like a flamingo.
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9 u# Q, D2 R7 ^- X8 |我要像火烈鸟那样漂亮。
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' ~; v& G) [/ JI 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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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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' G- F* i; G+ ^! uI wish I could see things far away like a giraffe.
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0 @8 G3 B- h) O- k0 X5 Q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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4 D. ^( n, D% j2 m8 g+ v' V5 d; u我要像乌龟那样能藏在壳里。
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1 W: w& ^% F. U& X" H2 e3 H9 |, G% k! XI wish I could be strong like an elephant.
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- V4 r. X0 Z' [) o9 x: e我要像大象那样强壮。
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; R- q" g. g) P/ S- V$ w" jI wish I could be funny like a seal.
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- U) a' c" b* X) B我要像海豹那样有趣。
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I wish I could be like people.
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Just then a fly flew by.
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8 ^' P5 t0 m% fThe chameleon was very hungry.
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8 B* D0 Z& e0 C3 FBut 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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4 l+ }. ^/ o& e0 d FAnd it couldn't catch the fly.
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, r, L$ ^, F$ v9 Q! }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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( f2 K2 ^* u& T& F( \8 H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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' H3 F/ k/ q/ K' P它已经捉不到苍蝇了。
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I 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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变色龙回到了原来的样子,
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8 j0 _* M& [. p5 a% K3 j它又能捉到苍蝇了!
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