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Every animal has a color of its own. "Parrots are green, elephants are gray, pigs are pink." But chameleons change color wherever they go. "On lemons they are yellow. In the heather they are purple." One chameleon is not pleased with his changeable appearance. He thinks, "If I remain on a leaf, I shall be green forever, and so I too will have a color of my own." Of course, what he doesn't take into account is the changes wrought by autumn, and soon the green chameleon is yellow, then red, and then tumbled to the ground for the long black winter night. It isn't until he befriends another older, wiser chameleon that our hero begins to find inner peace, even as his outer surface is transformed again and again.

变色龙很苦恼，因为他没有自己的颜色，他总是走到哪儿，颜色就变成什么样。有一天，他遇见了另外一只变色龙，他们约定：既然改变不了现实的条件，就一起改变身上的颜色。从此以后，两只变色龙过上了快乐而满足的生活…