! t3 Y' x: t B1 G) wOn a shiny green leaf sat a small green chameleon.
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You could hardly see it.
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) g, M# W2 d1 }( r( T* rIt 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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在一片闪亮的绿叶上趴着一只绿色的小变色龙
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8 @9 k) e: L0 N0 |1 }* H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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8 H* N0 X( l4 z. 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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; ?( j0 a& t. T9 Q: U1 bBut when it was cold and hungry,
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it sat still and waited.
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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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# p& r1 Q) l. ^3 {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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) |9 p8 k6 c3 l' e! cshot out and caught the fly.
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9 ]/ T; g/ {4 ]$ j6 \变色龙饿了,就一动不动的趴着等待。
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* A7 u* p. _: N; A: M, E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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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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When it was warm and had something to eat,
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it turned sparkling green.
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4 S9 s/ A. L. AThat was its life.
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6 M/ I" S. T) b) d% C' [. C+ R$ EIt 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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4 s2 \# E: k# b7 E那就是它的生活。
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4 C- w# a! U& v) ]一点**也没有。
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9 a/ j' z% P9 J) u( t2 b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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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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它从来没有见过这么多漂亮的动物。
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4 A; I4 G r% O) w! Q: @4 ~; A7 I4 C( @& YHow 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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5 l; P* Y# s/ j* R. K5 K# p9 IAnd the chameleon's wish came true.
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But was it happy?
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6 @# H- U* c. _8 n/ `5 {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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0 k" V) i* O4 W3 c" I变色龙梦想成真了。
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可是它快乐吗?
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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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I wish I could swim like a fish.
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/ Z: S9 j4 Z/ q我要像鱼儿会游泳。
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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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) i) o4 l2 O# k# F' E8 ^4 B- H+ D我要像长颈鹿那样看得很远很远。
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+ x( c: j1 X& |! E" i II wish I could hide in a shell like a turtle.
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' `! r9 s6 \3 O9 @6 O: z" A1 ^- t我要像乌龟那样能藏在壳里。
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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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I wish I could be funny like a seal.
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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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The chameleon was very hungry.
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But 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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1 K+ z8 ]$ U7 E- V/ P) m, g我还想像人那样。
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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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- a3 V( ~" v2 Y" J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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I wish I could be myself.
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The chameleon's wish came true.
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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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