3 J5 Q) S5 c w6 s( q: ?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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# h* V9 m' C6 @: }) r你几乎很难发现它
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3 F% X8 q" Z4 e% I$ |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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" V' i8 _% b8 ?, h% `it turned grey and dull.
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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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/ {1 h+ K Q. Y8 X) HOnly its eyes moved——
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up,down,sideways——
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5 z7 o, y) L; {: ?. K1 s$ kuntil it spotted a fly.
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6 S* G+ T7 P- m7 Q" EThen the chameleon's long and sticky tongue
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& U: o9 h: a; C, Xshot 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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* C7 z6 e D0 l仅仅是眼睛上上下下,忽左忽右的转动——
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) _ ` a& A# k: c; Y! R- J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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1 o, ^ L7 M6 a) F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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it turned sparkling green.
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( g8 s5 ^9 J& \: S9 x5 x5 H; PThat 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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2 U! Y% ?, e5 n: e/ L$ [那就是它的生活。
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0 l+ n* h* w+ r1 V2 m3 C一点**也没有。
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但是有一天……
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6 a+ V; u; n2 ~But one day...
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/ T4 H) o- o9 y( R9 f, 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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2 b8 [6 y% K+ C7 a% g" ]9 S7 |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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And the chameleon's wish came true.
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But was it happy?
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' R9 f' s1 H7 c3 `2 \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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: ^: n8 H( N: l3 u. M我要是能像北极熊又大又白就好了。
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5 h5 ~* n5 x0 n& g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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: W+ E- A$ g2 C7 _ _' o3 pI wish I could be smart like a fox.
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1 `0 q" O) Y( S$ t6 ^/ [我要像狐狸那样优雅。
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5 p8 R$ B* C& {, z" g+ hI wish I could swim like a fish.
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. z6 K+ i) @5 a6 {2 T0 D我要像鱼儿会游泳。
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I wish I could run like a deer.
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6 D }8 m6 Z( I/ [8 U. `我要像鹿会奔跑。
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" g5 H2 \$ C# r/ jI 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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I wish I could hide in a shell like a turtle.
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6 g# e( Z6 D% V1 U+ P. N; R$ u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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" M5 }# j9 D! i/ \I wish I could be like people.
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2 L* o& g' z! x7 fJust then a fly flew by.
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& E# [! c e" Q- M7 {/ r' eBut the chameleon was very mixed-up.
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; x* P2 R. k5 A- b0 rIt 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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9 W5 `3 q- q; I, j. S! i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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, G* p7 M/ O6 {" aI 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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它又能捉到苍蝇了!
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