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0A Color of His Own 自己的颜色
Parrots are green.
鹦鹉是绿色的
Goldfish are red.
金鱼是红色的
Elephants are gray.
大象是灰色的
Pigs are pink.
猪是粉色的
All animals have a color of their own.
所有的动物都有属于他们自己的颜色
Except for chameleons.
除了变色龙
They change color wherever they go.
他们走到哪里 颜色就跟着变
On lemons they are yellow.
站在柠檬上 他们是黄色的
In the heather they are purple.
在石楠花丛中 他们是紫色的
And on the tiger, they are striped like tigers.
坐在老虎身上 他们就有了和老虎一样的条纹
One day a chameleon who was sitting on a tiger’s tail saidto himself.
有一天 一只变色龙站在老虎的尾巴上对自己说
“If I remain on a leaf I shall be green forever, and so Itoo will have a color of my own.”
“如果我一直待在一片叶子上 我就会永远是绿色的 那样我就有自己的颜色了”
Later the leaf turned red, and the chameleon too turned red.
后来 叶子变红了 变色龙也变红了
And then the winter winds blew the leaf from the branch andwith it the chameleon.
再后来 冬天的寒风把叶子吹落枝头 变色龙也跟着落下来了
The chameleon was black in the long winter night.
在漫长的冬夜里 变色龙也变成了黑色
But when spring came he walked out into the green grass.
可是当春天来临时 他走到外面 来到一片青草地
And there he met another chameleon.
在那儿 他遇到了另一只变色龙
He told his sad story.
他讲了自己的伤心故事“
“Won’t we ever have a color of our own?” he asked.
“难道我们就不能有自己的颜色吗？”他问道
And so, they remained side by side.
他们就这样肩并肩待在一起
They were green together.
他们一起变绿色
And purple, and yellow.
变紫色 变黄色
And red with white polka dots.
一起变红底白点点的花色
And they lived happily ever after.
从此 他们过上幸福的生活
