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You could hardly see it.
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% f& W! c& b0 iIt 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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在一片闪亮的绿叶上趴着一只绿色的小变色龙
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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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1 M# n- x' |0 Q& j* E- W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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But when it was cold and hungry,
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% M Z% a" Q1 N5 jit turned grey and dull.
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! T/ c3 p' @$ P4 v% z: p* @/ W7 Nit 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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until it spotted a fly.
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Then 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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8 d- ]+ p4 v( B" O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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. a0 C4 G* }9 | W; HThat was its life.
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It 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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一点**也没有。
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但是有一天……
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% e! }$ i) O R- C, T. SBut one day...
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...the chameleon saw a zoo !
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+ I3 e' u+ e& N. f7 q& N* L3 t. y( CIt had never seen so many beautiful animals.
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+ j( [# x+ \$ k8 F7 M8 f" \ a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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! c- s% I% X0 G/ l- Q6 a; \The chameleon thought:
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How small I am,how slow,how weak!
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2 B4 u, l: X) D7 pI wish I could be big and white like a polar bear.
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And the chameleon's wish came true.
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But was it happy?
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No !
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我身材太小,行动太慢,身体太弱!
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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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I wish I could be handsome like a flamingo.
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- `7 d; \7 J& k: w2 KI wish I could swim like a fish.
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7 [ o% ]. A7 o1 ?6 ?3 u0 z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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I wish I could see things far away like a giraffe.
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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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Just then a fly flew by.
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The chameleon was very hungry.
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! u/ r5 M% b# ?9 a; u# ZBut the chameleon was very mixed-up.
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6 W* x8 g: V! fIt 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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7 r) i3 ~9 K, P' J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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I wish I could be myself.
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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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它又能捉到苍蝇了!
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