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English
1856
"Does it hurt?" asked the Rabbit. DOES IT HURT ASKED THE RABBIT
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. 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. For nursery magic is very strange and wonderful, and only those playthings that are old and wise and experienced like the Skin Horse understand all about it. "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.  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 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 FOR NURSERY MAGIC IS VERY STRANGE AND WONDERFUL AND ONLY THOSE PLAYTHINGS THAT ARE OLD AND WISE AND EXPERIENCED LIKE THE SKIN HORSE UNDERSTAND ALL ABOUT IT 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'RE 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
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