The full text of Chekhov's Chameleon

Ralph, a police officer on patrol, and his entourage were crossing the market square when they heard someone screaming, so they walked towards the noisy crowd. It turned out that goldsmith khryukin tried to burn a homeless dog's nose with a cigarette butt, but the dog bit his finger. Seeing the police inspector, I complained to him. At first, Inspector Ralph was very fair and strict. "Okay ... whose dog is this? I will not stand by and watch. " Yelling at the dog owner and killing the puppy; When someone said that it seemed to be General Zhygalov's dog, he immediately changed his attitude. "Can it reach your fingers?" ? A little big, but you are a big man! "And warned khryukin not to play games, saying that everyone is equal before the law. Then his entourage said, it seems that this is not the general's dog. He began to "double color" and said, "How can such a small bitch be kept by the general? "It's time to punish him. But some people say that when the general saw the dog at his house, he said, "khryukin, you idiot, it's all your own fault! "He changed again and again. When he finally learned from the chef that it was the general's dog, he immediately loudly praised the puppy as "smart" and "opened his mouth and bit this guy's little finger". After dealing with the incident, he said to khryukin, "I'll pick you up again! "Patrol again.

Chameleon is a short story written by Russian writer Chekhov in his early days.

In this novel, Chekhov vividly depicts Ralph, a policeman who hypocritically panders to have it both ways. When he thought the puppy was an ordinary dog, he threatened to kill it and punish its owner. When he heard that the owner of the dog was General Xi Gallov, his forehead sweated for a while, and then he trembled all over. Through the detailed description of the attitude changes of characters such as chameleons, the servile faces of feudal guardians under the czar's autocratic system are strongly ridiculed.