《The Mixed-Up Chameleon》
On a shiny green leaf sat a small green chameleon.
在一片閃亮的綠葉上趴著一隻綠色的小變色龍。
It moved onto a brown tree and turned brownish.
它爬到褐色的樹幹上就變成了褐色。
Then it rested on a red flower and turned reddish.
它停在一朵紅色的花朵上就變成了紅色。
When the chameleon moved slowly across the yellow sand , it turned yellowish.
當它慢慢爬過一片黃沙地，就變成了黃色。
You could hardly see it.
你幾乎很難發現它。
When the chameleon was warm and had something to eat , it turned sparkling green.
變色龍暖和又有東西吃的時候，就變成亮麗的綠色。
But when it was cold and hungry , it turned and dull.
當它又冷又餓時，它就變成暗淡的灰色。
When the chameleon was hungary , it sat still and waited.
變色龍餓了，就一動不動的趴著等待。
Only its eyes moved-up , down , sideways-until it spotted a fly.
僅僅是眼睛上上下下，忽左忽右的轉動——直到盯住了一隻蒼蠅。
Then the chameleon's long and sticky tongue shot out and caught the fly.
那時，變色龍的長長的，黏黏的舌頭就會射出去，捉住蒼蠅。
That was its life.It was not very exciting.
那就是它的生活，一點激情也沒有。
But one day...
直到有一天...
...the chameleon saw a zoo !
...變色龍看到了動物園！
It had never seen so many beautiful animals.
它從來沒有見過這麼多漂亮的動物。
The chameleon thought：How small I am , how slow , how weak !
變色龍想：我身材太小，行動太慢，身體太弱！
I wish I could be big and white like a polar bear.
我要是能像北極熊又大又白就好了。
And the chameleon's wish came true.
變色龍夢想成真了。
But was it happy？No !
可是它快樂嗎？一點也不快樂。
I wish I could be handsome like a flamingo.
我要像火烈鳥那樣漂亮。
I wish I could be smart like a fox.
我要像狐狸那樣優雅。
I wish I could swim like a fish.
我要像魚兒會游泳。
I wish I could run like a deer.
我要像鹿會奔跑。
I wish I could see things for away like a giraffe.
我要像長頸鹿那樣看得很遠很遠。
I wish I could hide in a shell like a turtle.
我要像烏龜那樣能藏在殼裡。
I wish I could be strong like an elephant.
我要像大象那樣強壯。
I wish I could be funny like a seal.
我要像海豹那樣有趣。
I wish I could be like people.
我還想像人那樣。
Just then a fly flew by.
這時，一隻蒼蠅飛過。
The chameleon was very hungry.
變色龍覺得餓極了。
But the chameleon was very mixed-up.
槽糕的是，它只是拼拼湊湊起來的。
It was a little of this and it was a little of that.
有點像這個，又有點像那個。
And it couldn't catch the fly.
它已經捉不到蒼蠅了。
I wish I could be myself.
“我要成為我自己。”
The chameleon's wish came true.And it caught the fly !
變色龍如願以償，它又能捉到蒼蠅了！
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