
248 – The Velveteen Rabbit
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The Skin Horse and the Rabbit
The skin horse had lived longer in the nursery than any of the others. He was wise, for he had seen a long succession of mechanical toys arrive to boast and swagger. Once you are real you can't be ugly except the people who don't understand. That's why it doesn't happen often to people who break easily or if sharp edges or who have to be carefully kept. By the time you are real most of your hair has been loved and your eyes drop out and you get loose and the joints are very shabby. But these things don't matter at all because once you are realyou can't become unreal again. It lasts for always. The rabbit's side.
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