O
n a school trip one day, Amir
left his friends and began to
wander about amongst the trees.
As he was leaning against a tree
and resting, a voice came from
a log on the ground.
"Hello Amir," said the voice,
"Are you tired out?"
Amir couldn't believe his ears.
When he looked carefully at the
log, he noticed a creature that was
so close to it in color that he had
difficulty in telling which was
which.
"Who are you?" he asked.
"I had real trouble spotting
you—your color and the color of
the log you're sitting on are ex-
actly the same!"
"I'm a chameleon," said the
creature, which rather resembled
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