'邦元英語：《A Color of His Own》自己的顏色'

A Color of His Own

自己的顏色

適合年齡：6-10歲

作者：Leo Lionni

這本繪本講的是一隻小變色龍的煩惱。變色龍沒有固定的顏色，會隨環境變化，可是這隻小變色龍想擁有自己唯一的顏色，就像其他小動物那樣，這可怎麼辦呢？

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Parrots are green

鸚鵡是綠色的

goldfish are red

金魚是紅色的

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elephants are gray

大象是灰色的

pigs are pink.

豬是粉紅色的。

All animals have a color of their own-

所有的動物都有屬於自己的顏色——

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except for chameleons.

除了變色龍。

They change color wherever they go.

他們走到哪裡，顏色也就變到哪裡。

04

On lemons they are yellow.

遇到檸檬時它們可以變成黃色。

In the heather they are purple.

在雜草當中它們會變成紫色。

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And on the tiger they are striped like tigers.

見到老虎的時候又把自己偽裝成老虎的樣子。

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

有一天，一隻在老虎尾巴上的變色龍對自己說：

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

“如果我一直待在樹葉上那我永遠都是綠色，所以我也有屬於自己的顏色”。

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With this thought he cheerfully climbed onto the greenest leaf.

想著想著，它愉快地走到了綠葉上。

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

但是當秋天來臨，樹葉變黃的時候——它也隨著樹葉變成了黃色。

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Later the leaf turned red,

漸漸的，樹葉變成了紅色，

and the chameleon too turned red.

變色龍的顏色也隨之變為紅色。

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

然後它便在冬日的冷風下隨著樹葉緩緩落下。

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The chameleon was black in the long winter night.

最終變色龍在寒冬的夜裡也隨之變為黑色。

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

但是，當春天來臨時，它在綠色的草叢中。

And there he met another chameleon.

它遇到了另外一隻變色龍。

He told his sad story.

它訴說了自己悲傷的故事。

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

懷疑的問道“是否真的有屬於自己的顏色？”。

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And so they remained side by side.

於是，他們肩並肩站到一起。

They were green together.

他們都變成綠色的了。

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and purple

還有紫色

and yellow

還有黃色

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and red with white polka dots.

以及紅底白圓點的彩色。

And they lived happily ever after.

最後它們幸福快樂的生活在了一起。

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