Project Sheng

Find yourself in a book.

Project Sheng lets you give the characters in public-domain stories new names and pronouns. A small change in the text can mean a lot to the person reading it.

Here, Alice is Amara. Their pronouns are they/them.

The Caterpillar and Amara looked at each other for some time in silence: at last the Caterpillar took the hookah out of its mouth, and addressed them in a languid, sleepy voice.

“Who are you?” said the Caterpillar.

This was not an encouraging opening for a conversation. Amara replied, rather shyly, “I—I hardly know, sir, just at present—at least I know who I was when I got up this morning, but I think I must have been changed several times since then.”

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The Caterpillar and Alice looked at each other for some time in silence: at last the Caterpillar took the hookah out of its mouth, and addressed her in a languid, sleepy voice.

“Who are you?” said the Caterpillar.

This was not an encouraging opening for a conversation. Alice replied, rather shyly, “I—I hardly know, sir, just at present—at least I know who I was when I got up this morning, but I think I must have been changed several times since then.”

Adapted from Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, Lewis Carroll, chapter V.