"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."
And, if you remember the story... The Velveteen Rabbit was thrown outside onto the lawn to be burned because the poor toy had been hugged by the boy all during his bout with a contagious disease. But, a good faerie was listening and watching... The kind faerie transformed the faithful toy into a real rabbit and made him immortal. Years passed. The now live rabbit lived happily in the backyard, doing all the things that live rabbits do. Then, one day, the boy, all grown up, noticed the rabbit peacefully eating grass... He said, --- "How strange. Doesn't that rabbit look like my old bunny toy?" Because, you see, the rabbit had markings, like the seams of a stuffed toy, on his fur.
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