elephants are gray

大象是灰色的

pigs are pink.

All animals have a color of their own-

所有的动物都有属于自己的颜色——

expect for chameleons.

They change color wherever they go.

他们走到哪里，颜色也就变到哪里。

On lemons they are yellow.

遇到柠檬时它们可以变成黄色。

In the heather they are purple.

在杂草当中它们会变成紫色。

And on the tiger they are striped like tigers.

见到老虎的时候又把自己伪装成老虎的样子。

One day a chameleon who was sitting on a tiger's tail said to himself ,

有一天，一只在老虎尾巴上的变色龙对自己说：

"If I remain on a leaf I shall be green forever, and so I too will have a color of own."

“如果我一直待在树叶上那我永远都是绿色，所以我也有属于自己的颜色”。

With this thought he cheerfully climbed onto the greenest leaf.

想着想着，它愉快地走到了绿叶上。

But in autumn the leaf turned yellow-and so did the chameleon.

但是当秋天来临，树叶变黄的时候——它也随着树叶变成了黄色。

Later the leaf turned red,

渐渐的，树叶变成了红色，

and the chameleon too turned red.

And then the winter winds blew the leaf from the branch and with it the chameleon.

然后它便在冬日的冷风下随着树叶缓缓落下。

The chameleon was black in the long winter night.

最终变色龙在寒冬的夜里也随之变为黑色。

But when spring came he walked out into the green grass.

但是，当春天来临时，它在绿色的草丛中。

And there he met another chameleon.

它遇到了另外一只变色龙。

He told his sad story.

"Won’t we ever have a color of our own?" he asked.

怀疑的问道“是否真的有属于自己的颜色？”。

And so they remained side by side.

于是，他们肩并肩站到一起。

They were green together.

他们都变成绿色的了。

and purple

还有紫色

and yellow

and red with white polka dots.

And they lived happily ever after.

最后它们幸福快乐的生活在了一起。

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