Each night the Boy would hold Velveteen Rabbit close in his arms. This began another happy time for Velveteen Rabbit. I must find something else for the Boy!” In a second, Velveteen Rabbit was plopped down onto the bed with the Boy. She said in a busy tone, “Oh, dear! That walking doggie is missing. One day Nana, who took care of the Boy, flew open the lid of the toy box. When you are Real, if you are loved, you can show your love back.” “Being Real is the best,' said Cowboy Horse. And when soft toys get loved and loved, we can become Real.” Most of his hair was worn away.Ĭowboy Horse said to Velveteen Rabbit, “Soft toys like us are really the lucky ones. Cowboy Horse was also a soft, fluffy toy. Only one other toy in the toy box was like Velveteen Rabbit.
Velveteen Rabbit had no special tricks or buttons. No wonder the Boy started to choose these other new toys.Īt night, when the toys were back all in the toy box, the other toys talked with pride about the fine things they could do. Some could move when the Boy pushed a button.
Then newer, brighter toys came into the toybox. Each day, the Boy opened the toybox and picked up Velveteen Rabbit. The Velveteen Rabbit | Bedtime Stories for KidsĪ soft and fluffy Velveteen Rabbit lived in a toybox in a Boy's room.
