THE BLUE CHICKEN

As a child, I remember that my mother had a few chickens out in the back yard.  She had several varieties, such as "Rhode Island Red", "Dominecker", and " Leghorns".  My favorite was the Dominecker!

In the third grade at Southside Elementary School, we were having an art class.  Each child was to draw a picture of any pet we had at home, and then color it appropriately.  I immediately thought of my pet chicken and started to drawing and coloring very carefully.  I was not sure of the color, but I selected one from my Crayola crayon box.

After we finished coloring, my teacher asked me to bring my picture to the front and show it to the entire class.  I proudly showed the picture I had drawn, and the entire class burst into laughter!  I had no idea what caused this.  I thought they were laughing at me, so I started crying out loud right in front of the whole class.

 They were really laughing at the color!  I suddenly realized that I must be color-blind!  To this day, I cannot remember the names of colors as they appear to me.  My eyesight is 20/20, and I suppose I see the same color as anyone, but I cannot remember the names.  

All my life I have had this problem.  Sometimes it is interesting, and other times it could be dangerous, especially at traffic lights.

Did you ever see a blue chicken?