A dog of unknown origin bit a goldsmith named khryukin. Ralph, a police officer, immediately ordered the dog in trouble to be killed in order to show his impartiality and honesty. But after hearing people say that this is the dog of General Zhygalov's family, he immediately exonerated the dog and accused khryukin of simply trying to blackmail. Later, Ralph felt that this dog didn't look like a rare dog in the general's family. After hearing that khryukin's younger brother was a gendarme, he immediately changed his attitude towards khryukin and was willing to make decisions for him. However, after learning that the puppy belonged to the general's brother, Ralph once again "changed color" and threatened the unlucky khryukin, which attracted the crowd to laugh at him.

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Police officer Ralph, wearing a new military coat and carrying a small bag, walked across the market square. He was followed by a policeman with lux hair, holding a sieve full of confiscated gooseberry. The air was quiet ... There was no one in the square. The open doors of shops and restaurants listlessly face the world created by God, just like many hungry mouths; There is not even a beggar near those doors.

"Well, you bite, damn thing?" Ralph suddenly heard. "Young man, don't let it go! You can't bite these days! Catch it! Ouch ... ouch! "

There was a dog barking. When Ralph looked over there, he saw a dog running out of the wood factory of businessman Petruchin, jumping on three legs and constantly looking around. It was followed by a man in a starched calico shirt and an open waistcoat. He chased it, leaned forward, threw himself on the ground and grabbed the dog's hind leg. There came the barking of dogs and people: "Don't let it go!" " Looking out of the shop with a sleepy face, a group of people quickly gathered around the woodshed, as if they had been drilled out of the ground.

"As if something went wrong, officer! ..... "The policeman said.

Ralph turned his body slightly to the left and walked towards the crowd. At the door of the woodshed, he saw the man who had opened the waistcoat front mentioned above raise his right hand and show a bloody finger to the group. There was an air on his half-drunk face: "I want to settle accounts with you, you * * *!" Indeed, even that finger is like a banner of victory. Ralph recognized this man as khryukin, the goldsmith. The criminal in this case, sitting on the ground in the middle of the crowd, with his front legs split and shaking all over-turned out to be a white-haired puppy with a pointed face and a yellow spot on his back. Its tearful eyes reveal bitterness and horror.

"What happened here?" Ralph squeezed into the crowd and asked. "What are you doing here? Why are you holding up that finger? ..... Who is yelling? "

"Officer, I'm going my way well. I didn't recruit anyone who didn't provoke anyone ..." khryukin spoke, put his hand over his mouth and coughed. "I was talking about firewood with Mitri Mitric. Suddenly, this bitch bit this finger for no reason ... you have to forgive me, I am a worker ... my work is meticulous. All of a sudden, you have to give me a compensation for the loss, because I can't use this finger for a week ... Officer, there is not even a law, saying that people should endure the harm of animals ... If everyone bites animals like this, there will be no living head in this world ... "

"well! ..... Good ... "Ralph said solemnly, coughed and frowned. "Yes ... whose dog is this? I will never let this go easily! I want to show some color to those who let dogs run around! Since those lords are unwilling to obey the law, they must be controlled now! When he, the * * *, is punished and pays for it, I'll let him know what it's like to keep a dog and a wild animal! I will teach him a good lesson! ..... Ye Delin, "the police officer said to the patrolman," go and investigate whose dog this is, and make a report! What about this dog? Kill it. Do it at once, don't delay! This must be a mad dog ... I said, whose dog is this? "

"It seems to be the dog of General Zhygalov." Someone in the crowd said.

"General Zhygalov? Oh! ..... Ye Delin, help me take off my coat ... Damn it, it's so hot! It seems that it will probably rain ... There is one thing I still don't understand: how can it bite you? " Ralph said to khryukin. "Can it reach your fingers? It's so small; You, however, are so tall! Your finger must have been broken by a small nail, but later it was whimsical and you wanted to get some damages. People like you are famous! I know what the hell you are! "

"Officer, he was joking, put the cigarette in its face; What about it-he wouldn't be a fool, so he bit him ... He's a ridiculous guy, officer! "

"Nonsense, one-eyed ghost! You didn't see anything. Why are you talking nonsense? His old man's house is a wise man. I can see who is lying and who speaks with conscience like before God ... If I lie, let the security officer judge me. He said clearly in law ... Now everyone is equal ... To tell you the truth, my brother is working as a military police ... "

"Cut the crap!"

"No, this is not the general's dog ..." The policeman concluded thoughtfully. "The general home without such a dog. His dogs are all big hounds ... "

"Are you sure?"

"Be sure, officer ..."

"I also know that. The general's family is full of rare and purebred dogs; What about this dog? God knows what it is! The coat color is not good, and the appearance is not good ... It's totally a * * * embryo! ..... Someone keeps this kind of dog? ! Where is this man's brain? If such a dog shows up in Petersburg or Moscow, what will happen if you think about it? People there don't care what laws are illegal, and in the blink of an eye, it dies! You khryukin was injured, we can never ignore ... We have to teach them a lesson! It's time ... "

"But maybe it's the general's dog ..." The policeman said what he thought. "It's not written on its face ... I saw such a dog in his yard the other day."

"Yes, the general's!" Someone in the crowd said.

"oh! ..... Ye Delin, help me put on my coat ... It's windy ... It's cold ... You take this dog to the general's house and ask. Tell them I found the dog and sent someone to deliver it ... Tell them not to put it on the street again ... It may be a valuable dog; But if every pig sticks a cigarette in its nose, it won't be long before it is finished. Dogs are delicate animals ... You * * *, put your hands down! You don't have to stick your stupid finger out! Blame yourself! ……”

"The general's chef is here, ask him ... hey, Plogreat! Come here, man, come here! Look at this dog ... Is it your? "

"A shot in the dark! We have never had such a dog there! "

"Then there's no need to go there and ask again," Ralph said. "This is a wild dog! Don't waste your time talking empty words ... Since he said it was a wild dog, it was a wild dog. Just kill it, that's it. "

"This is not our dog," Prokhor continued. "This is the dog of the general's brother. He just came here a few days ago. Our general doesn't like this kind of puppy. His brother likes it ... "

"Is his brother coming? Ulargui Mir Ivanich? " Ralph asked, his whole face filled with warmth with a smile. "Oh, dear! I don't know. Did he come here to live for a while and then leave? "

"I came to live for a while."

"Oh, dear! ..... He is thinking about his brother ... As for me, I don't know yet! So this is his old man's dog? Very happy ... Take it away ... This puppy is not bad ... It's quite clever ... It bit this guy's finger in one bite! Ha ha ha ... Come on, why are you shaking? Blare ... blare ... This bad guy is angry ... What a puppy ... "

Prokhor called the dog's name and took it away from the firewood factory ... The group laughed at khryukin.

"I will punish you sooner or later!" Ralph threatened him, wrapped his coat tightly, and then walked across the square of the market.

(Translated by Ru Long)

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The humor of The Chameleon lies in the fact that the author created a "dog" world, human nature is dog nature, and the real dog is used as a link to skillfully connect people who belong to "dog nature". In order to hint at the essence of police officers, the author added a very special surname to police officers-Ralph. The original meaning of the word Russian is "crazy". His epilepsy lies in the subjective and arbitrary judgment of right and wrong as people judge whether the owner of the dog is a general or not several times. The dog that bites people here is a normal dog, but Ralph has become a "mad dog": a special dog in the dog kingdom and a "dog" that should be treated quickly.

The prominent feature of this novel is the extensive use of character dialogues to depict characters. Ralph's several "color changes", his have it both ways, flattering his superiors and deceiving his subordinates, are basically expressed through his dialogue with everyone. Such as the dialogue between Ralph and khryukin: "Can it reach your fingers? It's so small; You, however, are so tall! Your finger must have been broken by a small nail, but later it was whimsical and you wanted to get some damages. People like you are famous! I know what the hell you are. ""khryukin was injured, and we can't ignore it ... We have to teach them a lesson! It's time ... "Ralph's face is changing so fast that it can be said that it is vividly expressed through dialogue. At the same time, the author also makes full use of actions and demeanor to describe and portray the characters, showing their inner world and psychological activities. Such as: "'hmm! ..... Yes ...' Ralph said solemnly, coughed and frowned.' Through the details of "solemnly speaking", "coughing" and "frowning", Ralph's ugly posturing and bureaucratic airs were vividly shown. When he knew that it was the dog of the general's brother, his "whole face was filled with smiling warmth", which can be said to be disgusting and portrayed the flattering character of the character vividly.

The artistic conception of The Chameleon is ingenious. It lashed have it both ways's capricious, obsequious and bullying Ralph's character through the police officer's handling of the incident that the goldsmith was bitten by a dog. In a short time, Ralph changed his color five times, and he was not ashamed at all: at first, he put on a fair face, trying to win people's hearts, and decided to punish the owner of the dog and teach the master who didn't obey the law. However, the writer unexpectedly changed his writing style. Someone in the crowd said, "It seems to be General Zhygalov's dog", so Ralph immediately changed his attitude and defended the dog: "How can it bite you? Can it reach your fingers? It's so small. " This change seems sudden, but it completely conforms to the logic of the character's character. Peer patrolmen guessed that "this is not the general's dog", which made him change his attitude for the second time: "You khryukin was injured, and we must not ignore it." But the patrolman doubted his opinion: "But maybe it's the general's dog." So the police officer changed his attitude for the third time. He called khryukin "* * *" and "blame yourself!" The patrolman's two inferences about the owner of the dog made the police officer change color twice. The chef of the general's family also expressed his opinion to the owner of the dog twice. First, he said, "We have never had such a dog there", so the police officer became confident and showed his prestige: "This is a wild dog! ..... just kill it. " This is the fourth change of attitude. The dog's death sentence was announced, and when it was about to be executed, the chef went on to say, "This is not our dog, this is the dog of the general's brother." The police officer changed his attitude for the fifth time, his face was full of smiles, and he even flattered the dog. The unexpected plot not only makes the story ups and downs, but also deepens the character's character, and the ugly face of the ruling class's watchdog is vividly on the paper.

(Fu Chuanlin)