混沌的变色龙_(中英文）

The Mixed-upChameleon

By Eric Carle

On a shiny green leaf sat a small green chameleon. It movedonto a brown tree  and turned brownish.Then it rested on a red flower and turned reddish. When the chameleon movedslowly across the yellow sand, it turned yellowish. You could hardly see it.

在一片闪闪发亮的叶子上爬着一只小小的，绿色变色龙。当它爬到一棵棕色的树上，他变成了棕色。当他在红色的花朵上休息，它变成了红色。当它慢吞吞地爬到了黄色的沙子上，它变成了黄色，黄得几乎看不出它来了。

When the chameleon was warm and had something to eat , itturned sparkling green. But when it was cold and hungry, it turned grey anddull.

当变色龙觉得暖洋洋，吃得饱饱的时候，它就变成了亮亮的绿色。当变色龙觉得饥肠辘辘，全身发冷的时候，它就变成了不比起眼儿的灰色

When the chameleon was hungry, it sat still and waited. Onlyits eyes moved-up, down, sideways-until it spotted a fly.

当变色龙的肚子饿了，它就坐在那一动不动的等着。只有它的眼睛往上，往下，往两边转，直到它看到一只苍蝇。

Then the chameleon’s long and sticky tongue shot out andcaught the fly. That was its life. It was very exciting, But one day… thechameleon saw a zoo! It had never seen so many beautiful animals.

变色龙又长又粘的舌头“嗖”的 伸出来，抓住了苍蝇。这就是变色龙令人兴奋得生活。可是有一天……变色龙看到了一个动物园，它从来也没见过这么多好看的动物。

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The chameleon thought:

How small I am, how slow, how weak!

I wish I could be big and white like a polar bear.

And the chameleon’s wish came true.

But was it happy?

No!

变色龙想：

我多小，多慢，多弱啊！

我希望可以变一只又大又白的北极熊。

然后变色龙的愿望实现了

但是它开心吗？

不！

I wish I could be handsome like a flamingo.

我希望可以变成一只英俊的火烈鸟

I wish I could be smart l like a fox

我希望可以变成一只聪明的狐狸

I wish I could swim like a fish

我希望可以变成一条会游泳的鱼

I wish I could run like a deer

我希望可以变成一只善于奔跑的鹿

I wish I could see things far away like a giraffe

我希望可以变成一只可以看得很远的长颈鹿。

I wish I could hide in a shell like a turtle

我希望可以变成一只躲在壳里的乌龟

I wish I could be strong like an elephant.

我希望可以变成一只强壮的大象

I wish I could be funny like a seal

我希望可以变成一只有趣的海豹。

I wish I could be like people

我希望可以变成一个人

Just then a fly flew by

The chameleon was very hungry.

But the chameleon was very mixed- up.

It was a little of this and it was a little of that.

And it couldn’t catch the fly.

这个时候一只苍蝇飞了过来，变色龙好饿啊！但是变色龙已经变成“四不像”了，它有点像这个，又有点像那个。

它不能抓苍蝇了。

I wish I could be myself.

The chameleon’s wish came true.

And it caught the fly!

我希望可以变成自己，变色龙的愿望实现了，然后抓到了苍蝇。