Daniel Swanson

Carl the Chameleon Daniel Swanson

An informative, humorous children's story about a chameleon that lives on a coffee farm in Kona, Hawaii. Carl is a actual, real Jackson chameleon that has lived for over four years in a orange tree next to the Greenwell coffee farm store and has been a source of entertainment and amazement to the many visitors. This first story is an introduction to the world of chameleons and is fictional. The first couple of pages are more informative and concern the characteristics of chameleons. The second half is a fictional story of Carl and his cousin Colton, who have a choice to make; to obey Carl's mother and not cross the road into No-No Land or take a risk to experience adventure. The decisions they make and what happens form the basis to this simple, short story.