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On a shiny green leaf sat a small green chameleon.
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: C: W: N6 c, v" S |) s! [! rYou could hardly see it.
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# O7 Z$ V# W% k5 \7 G! j. T8 @5 CIt moved onto a brown tree and turned brownish.
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! M( h; z7 m7 aThen 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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8 Z% P- e* t2 }4 G在一片闪亮的绿叶上趴着一只绿色的小变色龙
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1 T; a8 P! u9 N) P0 i9 ?0 ^, g) D6 M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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e- `9 a3 C( n当它慢慢爬过一片黄沙地,就变成了黄色
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- H' j/ [9 Q5 I) d; }你几乎很难发现它
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6 \! n- I# y/ E3 u6 v& @6 wBut when it was cold and hungry,
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it turned grey and dull.
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当它又冷又饿时,它就变成暗淡的灰色。
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; s0 ?4 D, V+ q7 Q3 o& BOnly its eyes moved——
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1 H$ r0 }: q0 V- D2 J; tuntil it spotted a fly.
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7 Z; G1 r2 a& T* H! U9 RThen 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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直到盯住了一只苍蝇。
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) X V, a4 B7 M6 P那时,变色龙的长长的,黏黏的舌头
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1 M% t, J( S0 L- X& |. i就会射出去,捉住苍蝇。
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) Q* h: E3 u. _. eWhen it was warm and had something to eat,
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That was its life.
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, j& ]6 I1 l n/ g# ]( N3 E' VIt was not very exciting.
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就变成亮丽的绿色。
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那就是它的生活。
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但是有一天……
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, I, P1 U8 P$ K- p; ]But one day...
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# D6 k0 f" j9 M* \, ]7 m- \* w...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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% w \ ^; I w* C! d8 c4 iThe 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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" w- J* f( `/ Z G+ X! KAnd the chameleon's wish came true.
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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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( M3 V Y) V" Y3 l% M5 z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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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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~! f6 r# V9 g. v" dI wish I could swim like a fish.
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I wish I could run like a deer.
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; ~' V: T; b' m3 u7 D* }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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我要像长颈鹿那样看得很远很远。
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; I1 I) f* D0 d; C6 mI 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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I wish I could be strong like an elephant.
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I wish I could be funny like a seal.
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" m/ E4 i5 W2 q r. yI wish I could be like people.
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Just then a fly flew by.
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But the chameleon was very mixed-up.
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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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, V( q8 [( J6 ?: kI 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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“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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