The velveteen rabbit; or, How toys become real . HERE was once a velveteenrabbit, and in the beginning hewas really splendid. He wasfat and bunchy, as a rabbitshould be; his coat was spottedbrown and white, he had real thread whiskers,and his ears were lined with pink sateen. OnChristmas morning, when he sat wedged in thetop of the Boys stocking, with a sprig of hollybetween his paws, the effect was charming. There were other things in the stocking,nuts and oranges and a toy engine, and choco-late almonds and a clockwork mouse, but theRabbit was quite the best of all. For at leasttwo hours the
The velveteen rabbit; or, How toys become real . HERE was once a velveteenrabbit, and in the beginning hewas really splendid. He wasfat and bunchy, as a rabbitshould be; his coat was spottedbrown and white, he had real thread whiskers,and his ears were lined with pink sateen. OnChristmas morning, when he sat wedged in thetop of the Boys stocking, with a sprig of hollybetween his paws, the effect was charming. There were other things in the stocking,nuts and oranges and a toy engine, and choco-late almonds and a clockwork mouse, but theRabbit was quite the best of all. For at leasttwo hours the Boy loved him, and then Auntsand Uncles came to dinner, and there was agreat rustling of tissue paper and unwrappingof parcels, and in the excitement of looking at C«3 THE VELVETEEN RABBIT all the new presents the Velveteen Rabbit wasforgotten. For a long time he lived in the toy cupboardor on the nursery floor, and no one thoughtvery much about him. He was naturally shy,and being only made of velveteen, some of themore expensive toys quite s
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