稚舍育儿 | 绘本《A Color of His Own》世界如此之大，我欲展翅飞翔

▲Parrots are green. Goldfish are red.

鹦鹉是绿色的 金鱼是红色的

▲Elephants are gray.Pigs are pink.All animals have a color of their own.

大象是灰色的。猪是粉色的。所有的动物都有属于他们自己的颜色

▲Except for chameleons.

They change color wherever they go.

除了变色龙

他们走到哪里，颜色就跟着变

▲On lemons they are yellow.

In the heather they are purple.

站在柠檬上，他们是黄色的

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 said to himself. “If I remain on a leaf I shall be green forever, and so I too will have a color of my own.”

有一天，一只变色龙站在老虎的尾巴上对自己说

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。

▲With this thought he cheerfully climbed onto the greenest leaf. But in autumn the leaf turned yellow—and so did the chameleon.

这么想着，变色龙努力爬上了一片最为翠绿的叶子。

但秋天到了，这片叶子也变黄了——于是变色龙也跟着变黄了。

▲Later the leaf turned red and the chameleon too turned red.

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

后来叶子变红了，变色龙也变红了

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. And there he met another chameleon.

He told his sad story.“Won’t we ever have a color of our own?” he asked.

可是当春天来临时，他走到外面，来到一片青草地，在那儿，他遇到了另一只变色龙。他讲了自己的伤心故事“难道我们就不能有自己的颜色吗？他问道。

▲“I’m afraid not.” said the other chameleon who was older and wiser.“But,” he added, “why don’t we stay together?”We will still change color wherever we go, but you and I will always be alike.”

恐怕你说的没错，另一只变色龙说。这只变色龙比他年龄大，也更有智慧，不过，他接着说，为什么我们不待在一起呢？不管我们走到哪儿，颜色还是会变化，但是你和我的颜色总是一样。

▲And so they remained side by side.

They were green together.

他们就这样肩并肩待在一起

他们一起变绿色

▲And purple, and yellow.

变紫色，变黄色

▲And red with white polka dots.

And they lived happily ever after.

一起变红底白点点的花色

从此他们过上幸福的生活。

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