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1856
"Here," she said, "take your old Bunny! He'll do to sleep with you!" And she dragged the Rabbit out by one ear, and put him into the Boy's arms. HERE SHE SAID TAKE YOUR OLD BUNNY HE'LL DO TO SLEEP WITH YOU AND SHE DRAGGED THE RABBIT OUT BY ONE EAR AND PUT HIM INTO THE BOY'S ARMS
sighed. He thought it would be a long time before this magic called Real happened to him. He longed to become Real, to know what it felt like; and yet the idea of growing shabby and losing his eyes and whiskers was rather sad. He wished that he could become it without these uncomfortable things happening to him. There was a person called Nana who ruled the nursery. Sometimes she took no notice of the playthings lying about, and sometimes, for no reason whatever, she went swooping about like a great wind and hustled them away in cupboards. She called this "tidying up," and the playthings all hated it, especially the tin ones. The Rabbit didn't mind it so much, for wherever he was thrown he came down soft. One evening, when the Boy was going to bed, he couldn't find the china dog that always slept with him. Nana was in a hurry, and it was too much trouble to hunt for china dogs at bedtime, so she simply looked about her, and seeing that the toy cupboard door stood open, she made a swoop. ASTS FOR ALWAYS THE RABBIT SIGHED HE THOUGHT IT WOULD BE A LONG TIME BEFORE THIS MAGIC CALLED REAL HAPPENED TO HIM HE LONGED TO BECOME REAL TO KNOW WHAT IT FELT LIKE AND YET THE IDEA OF GROWING SHABBY IN LOSING HIS EYES AND WHISKERS WAS RATHER SAD HE WISHED THAT HE COULD BECOME IT WITHOUT THESE UNCOMFORTABLE THINGS HAPPENING TO HIM THERE WAS A PERSON CALLED NANA WHO RULED THE NURSERY SOMETIMES SHE TOOK NO NOTICE OF THE PLAYTHINGS LYING ABOUT AND SOMETIMES FOR NO REASON WHATEVER SHE WENT SWOOPING ABOUT LIKE A GREAT WIND AND HUSTLED THEM AWAY IN CUPBOARDS SHE CALLED THIS TIDYING UP AND THE PLAYTHINGS ALL HATED IT ESPECIALLY THE TIN ONES THE RABBIT DIDN'T MIND IT SO MUCH FOR WHEREVER HE WAS THROWN HE CAME DOWN SOFT ONE EVENING WHEN THE BOY WAS GOING TO BED HE COULDN'T FIND THE CHINA DOG THAT ALWAYS SLEPT WITH HIM NANA WAS IN A HURRY AND IT WAS TOO MUCH TROUBLE TO HUNT FOR CHINA DOGS AT BEDTIME SO SHE SIMPLY LOOKED ABOUT HER AND SEEING THAT THE TOY CUPBOARD DOOR STOOD OPEN SHE MADE A SWOOP
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