6 {; z# K0 [# |On a shiny green leaf sat a small green chameleon.
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You could hardly see it.
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! Y+ f" o) p: e' J' v8 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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# f2 u% N4 p8 t4 Xit turned yellowish.
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( a K# i' @+ O2 R" `2 ^- K在一片闪亮的绿叶上趴着一只绿色的小变色龙
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. _& f! [2 j8 f( j$ C% [$ `你几乎很难发现它
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- @/ P! m: V& d2 u* f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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But 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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; K4 k9 \8 X# D6 ?Only its eyes moved——
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up,down,sideways——
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until it spotted a fly.
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7 O! W; W4 [5 P) U1 f q5 nThen the chameleon's long and sticky tongue
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6 f4 y- C1 W5 Z1 Z: Bshot 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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那时,变色龙的长长的,黏黏的舌头
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u8 X( ?. Y- }3 q6 N6 pWhen it was warm and had something to eat,
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it turned sparkling green.
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That was its life.
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It was not very exciting.
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那就是它的生活。
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但是有一天……
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9 r# |( Y5 N7 K; v6 s1 V5 nBut one day...
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( z$ u |* X/ @& X! u3 T...the chameleon saw a zoo !
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3 v$ B- p. l) W1 n7 y1 c+ qIt had never seen so many beautiful animals.
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& ?0 F: B' L" G; H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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7 }7 o/ l: F! {7 e1 ?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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# w. A& L& J7 \$ EAnd the chameleon's wish came true.
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$ _' }& A" q [9 t6 O+ IBut was it happy?
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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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$ b0 G q m ~变色龙梦想成真了。
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可是它快乐吗?
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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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我要像鱼儿会游泳。
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j! R* ~ \8 Q3 n) R2 j# [: `I wish I could run like a deer.
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' s9 L% Q2 k9 B8 wI wish I could see things far away like a giraffe.
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% b, T! t- C4 d我要像长颈鹿那样看得很远很远。
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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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6 o! a3 m! ^4 T) b: bI wish I could be funny like a seal.
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6 U1 W, I0 d2 l8 w( E+ ZJust then a fly flew by.
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The chameleon was very hungry.
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9 [) B' {7 Z8 O% T EBut 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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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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5 d9 @. q( l6 P1 wI 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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