What is REAL?

[Guest guest]

" What is REAL? " asked the Rabbit one day, when they were lying side by

side near the nursery fender, before Nana came to tidy the room. " Does

it mean having things that buzz inside you and a stick-out handle? "

 

" Real isn't how you are made, " said the Skin Horse. " It's a thing that

happens to you. When a child loves you for a long, long time, not just

to play with, but REALLY loves you, then you become Real. "

 

" Does it hurt? " asked the Rabbit.

 

" Sometimes, " said the Skin Horse, for he was always truthful. " When you

are Real you don't mind being hurt. "

 

" Does it happen all at once, like being wound up, " he asked, " or bit by

bit? "

 

" It doesn't happen all at once, " said the Skin Horse. " You become. It

takes a long time. That's why it doesn't happen often to people who

break easily, or have sharp edges, or who have to be carefully kept.

 

Generally, by the time you are Real, most of your hair has been loved

off, and your eyes drop out and you get loose in the joints and very

shabby. But these things don't matter at all, because once you are Real

you can't be ugly, except to people who don't understand. "

 

-- " The Velveteen Rabbit "

[Guest guest]

Cute Robert, cute and all so very true,

hugs Mary

 

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robert-blau

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Wednesday, May 28, 2008 2:14 PM

"What is REAL?"

 

 

"What is REAL?" asked the Rabbit one day, when they were lying side byside near the nursery fender, before Nana came to tidy the room. "Doesit mean having things that buzz inside you and a stick-out handle?Real isn't how you are made," said the Skin Horse. "It's a thing thathappens to you. When a child loves you for a long, long time, not justto play with, but REALLY loves you, then you become Real.Does it hurt?" asked the Rabbit. "Sometimes," said the Skin Horse, for he was always truthful. "When youare Real you don't mind being hurt.Does it happen all at once, like being wound up," he asked, "or bit bybit?It doesn't happen all at once," said the Skin Horse. "You become. Ittakes a long time. That's why it doesn't happen often to people whobreak easily, or have sharp edges, or who have to be carefully kept. Generally, by the time you are Real, most of your hair has been lovedoff, and your eyes drop out and you get loose in the joints and veryshabby. But these things don't matter at all, because once you are Realyou can't be ugly, except to people who don't understand." -- "The Velveteen Rabbit"