“He said ‘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.”
Extracted from Margery Williams, The Velveteen Rabbit (1927) a timeless book for all ages about a rabbit who wanted to become real.
Content Catnip 
One of my favorite childhood books, and it’s a still a favorite to this day, So many wonderful life lessons in that book–it’s a gem!
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Me too Erin…yeah I agree it’s really timeless, even as an adult the life lessons still resonate strongly. Hope you are having a great weekend 😀
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