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Ursa Painted a Chicken  (#8 of 60)

Three versions are offered below: Ursa as female, male, and transgender or gender neutral. The gender neutral or transgender pronouns are: Ve (pronounced "vee"), Ver ("vur"), Vers ("vurz"), and Verself ("vurself").



Ursa Painted a Chicken

female symbol
Ursa painted a chicken. She brushed paint right on her feathers. The paint ran down her legs and glued her to the windowsill. The chicken cried, but Ursa poured it on, and the red paint ran down, and the chicken stared through the window forever poised as if to fly.

Ursa Painted a Chicken

gender neutral symbol and transgender symbol
Ursa painted a chicken. Ve brushed paint right on her feathers. The paint ran down her legs and glued her to the windowsill. The chicken cried, but Ursa poured it on, and the red paint ran down, and the chicken stared through the window forever poised as if to fly.

Ursa Painted a Chicken

male symbol
Ursa painted a chicken. He brushed paint right on her feathers. The paint ran down her legs and glued her to the windowsill. The chicken cried, but Ursa poured it on, and the red paint ran down, and the chicken stared through the window forever poised as if to fly.

squiggle drawing
posted 26 October 2011