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English
1856
He was wise, for he had seen a long succession of mechanical toys arrive to boast and swagger, and by and by break their mainsprings and pass away, and he knew that they were only toys, and would never turn into anything else. HE WAS WISE FOR HE HAD SEEN A LONG SUCCESSION OF MECHANICAL TOYS ARRIVE TO BOAST AND SWAGGER AND BY AND BY BREAK THEIR MAINSPRINGS AND PASS AWAY AND HE KNEW THAT THEY WERE ONLY TOYS AND WOULD NEVER TURN INTO ANYTHING ELSE
lived through two seasons and lost most of his paint, caught the tone from them and never missed an opportunity of referring to his rigging in technical terms. The Rabbit could not claim to be a model of anything, for he didn't know that real rabbits existed; he thought they were all stuffed with sawdust like himself, and he understood that sawdust was quite out-of-date and should never be mentioned in modern circles. Even Timothy, the jointed wooden lion, who was made by the disabled soldiers, and should have had broader views, put on airs and pretended he was connected with Government. Between them all the poor little Rabbit was made to feel himself very insignificant and commonplace, and the only person who was kind to him at all was the Skin Horse. The Skin Horse had lived longer in the nursery than any of the others. He was so old that his brown coat was bald in patches and showed the seams underneath, and most of the hairs in his tail had been pulled out to string bead necklaces.  BOAT WHO HAD LIVED THROUGH TWO SEASONS AND LOST MOST OF HIS PAINT CAUGHT THE TONE FROM THEM AND NEVER MISSED AN OPPORTUNITY OF REFERRING TO HIS RIGGING IN TECHNICAL TERMS THE RABBIT COULD NOT CLAIM TO BE A MODEL OF ANYTHING FOR HE DIDN'T KNOW THAT REAL RABBITS EXISTED HE THOUGHT THEY WERE ALL STUFFED WITH SAWDUST LIKE HIMSELF AND HE UNDERSTOOD THAT SAWDUST WAS QUITE OUT OF DATE AND SHOULD NEVER BE MENTIONED IN MODERN CIRCLES EVEN TIMOTHY THE JOINTED WOODEN LION WHO WAS MADE BY THE DISABLED SOLDIERS AND SHOULD HAVE HAD BROADER VIEWS PUT ON AIRS AND PRETENDED HE WAS CONNECTED WITH GOVERNMENT BETWEEN THEM ALL THE POOR LITTLE RABBIT WAS MADE TO FEEL HIMSELF VERY INSIGNIFICANT AND COMMONPLACE AND THE ONLY PERSON WHO WAS KIND TO HIM AT ALL WAS THE SKIN HORSE THE SKIN HORSE HAD LIVED LONGER IN THE NURSERY THAN ANY OF THE OTHERS HE WAS SO OLD THAT HIS BROWN COAT WAS BALLED IN PATCHES AND SHOWED THE SEAMS UNDERNEATH AND MOST OF THE HAIRS IN HIS TAIL HAD BEEN PULLED OUT TO STRING BEAD NECKLACES
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