$ W# i% n. W, o8 p2 i% eOn a shiny green leaf sat a small green chameleon.
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You could hardly see it.
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. O+ ?1 v G$ m0 \/ i+ yIt 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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/ ]7 {9 [% A* S# G$ P! u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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! w' Z( R$ E% j" f" M它停在一朵红色的花朵上就变成了红色
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9 p! o, {, W$ M& q1 n( ~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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6 S0 R/ F" W2 M* L5 r9 C9 p+ R4 OBut when it was cold and hungry,
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it turned grey and dull.
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, z/ n0 a0 \( B/ x3 I$ g+ e9 I( kit sat still and waited.
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& C& K2 a6 k5 h" L( E+ V! e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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$ V$ g7 j6 Q0 ~+ c4 Wup,down,sideways——
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until it spotted a fly.
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7 V5 i. R Y+ g: a( ~. fThen the chameleon's long and sticky tongue
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$ \. B8 |+ Z+ J# x( Nshot out and caught the fly.
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- O% }1 u$ e# ]变色龙饿了,就一动不动的趴着等待。
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# ?: p# [' Y: k仅仅是眼睛上上下下,忽左忽右的转动——
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$ v T1 M4 M/ b8 J4 `7 {7 N4 i直到盯住了一只苍蝇。
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+ o' x p$ V$ o5 Y$ B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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7 i! q7 [# B* l3 n' `When it was warm and had something to eat,
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, F/ r0 [( n0 V, H$ t* w: w, Wit turned sparkling green.
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- U* R+ L; s9 IThat was its life.
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& j; z2 W0 ?4 _* \; MIt was not very exciting.
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2 n- J# V4 f) x" c7 }* l8 u1 i$ N+ p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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那就是它的生活。
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一点**也没有。
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7 @' b! ~- [# n. K* a1 F7 B但是有一天……
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6 G' X. u% c6 z7 K( \. F% |But one day...
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4 V( R- d% d( v4 y' N1 ?0 k4 |...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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The chameleon thought:
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4 {$ z& {: ~8 X7 j/ T& y0 aHow small I am,how slow,how weak!
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- g% v- |* g0 M* LI 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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R# m/ p; U1 ?" t9 lBut was it happy?
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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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9 t C2 M% v) ]3 D' p我要是能像北极熊又大又白就好了。
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# [* k* f, d5 U3 s变色龙梦想成真了。
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可是它快乐吗?
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$ w8 b% ~" I7 ]/ L' a+ Z& B) EI 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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- ]" [6 A! U& M+ w$ EI wish I could swim like a fish.
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7 }* Y" s7 ~! N. l我要像鱼儿会游泳。
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- ]+ d h, d7 k+ h' l" e7 e' e: oI wish I could run like a deer.
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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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! L- W- w9 t7 W2 o9 w! H! H8 P @I wish I could hide in a shell like a turtle.
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8 l7 {: P7 B' T2 e, i我要像乌龟那样能藏在壳里。
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. p# @" `; B1 r5 @" Q2 X rI 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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, o9 Z8 X9 K% p, n' T, y4 ^7 pI wish I could be funny like a seal.
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6 A/ \/ V r m& L( ?9 G我要像海豹那样有趣。
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: T4 n: @( }9 d4 D; xI wish I could be like people.
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5 I+ `3 X# @$ oJust 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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4 `, x0 d1 N; ^+ m3 s4 R; lIt 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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2 R0 c. n& m3 q4 q* w0 F; s0 a; s我还想像人那样。
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这时,一只苍蝇飞过,
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" M. h# i# n. u1 U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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, E+ x7 {) ^- o) HThe 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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U; f, F3 |7 c7 H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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