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On a shiny green leaf sat a small green chameleon.
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You could hardly see it.
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It 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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, S& D+ i7 n! B! Q) K它爬到褐色的树干上就变成了褐色
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' ] x& h8 [4 J% T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 turned grey and dull.
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' t8 V& q( C* K! h& Dit 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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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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shot out and caught the fly.
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0 J+ X! ~3 e1 ]- w/ t5 X# n$ [变色龙饿了,就一动不动的趴着等待。
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( I+ X- [8 H6 U# 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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3 a1 D5 }" V# _! c" L- E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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That was its life.
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9 I2 _! J/ a3 KIt 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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但是有一天……
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But one day...
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: H* t- O, y. T7 W, ~! i+ L...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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& ~3 p# `* d$ b- gThe 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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( B* j D+ {: h2 r8 GAnd the chameleon's wish came true.
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5 D8 s" \4 `( O- c7 q9 T- ZBut 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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( v7 A8 N5 S8 W我要是能像北极熊又大又白就好了。
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$ C4 \ B) ]0 L4 L, y5 D! N1 |$ `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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我要像狐狸那样优雅。
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& ` b3 [5 k6 ~2 H+ nI wish I could swim like a fish.
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, _7 f' E7 ?3 |5 _% @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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我要像海豹那样有趣。
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, @# M1 P) j$ D% F& D |' YI wish I could be like people.
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Just then a fly flew by.
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/ E9 ?* [! d6 s/ T% gThe chameleon was very hungry.
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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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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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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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" l( [, G8 s' F( W它已经捉不到苍蝇了。
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I wish I could be myself.
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( p$ R2 G; E& z: |; R9 XThe chameleon's wish came true.
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: I. ?! s7 H, q1 K8 \* {/ QAnd it caught the fly!
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