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English
1856
She was quite the loveliest fairy in the whole world. Her dress was of pearl and dew drops, and there were flowers round her neck and in her hair, and her face was like the most perfect flower of all. And she came close to the little Rabbit and gathered him up in her arms and kissed him on his velveteen nose that was all damp from crying. SHE WAS QUITE THE LOVELIEST FAIRY IN THE WHOLE WORLD HER DRESS WAS OF PEARL AND DEWDROPS AND THERE WERE FLOWERS ROUND HER NECK AND IN HER HAIR AND HER FACE WAS LIKE THE MOST PERFECT FLOWER OF ALL AND SHE CAME CLOSE TO THE LITTLE RABBIT AND GATHERED HIM UP IN HER ARMS AND KISSED HIM ON HIS VELVETEEN NOSE THAT WAS ALL DAMP FROM CRYING
great sadness came over him. He seemed to see them all pass before him, each more beautiful than the other, the fairy huts in the flower-bed, the quiet evenings in the wood when he lay in the bracken and the little ants ran over his paws; the wonderful day when he first knew that he was Real. He thought of the Skin Horse, so wise and gentle, and all that he had told him. Of what use was it to be loved and lose one's beauty and become Real if it all ended like this? And a tear, a real tear, trickled down his little shabby velvet nose and fell to the ground. And then a strange thing happened. For where the tear had fallen a flower grew out of the ground, a mysterious flower, not at all like any that grew in the garden. It had slender green leaves the colour of emeralds, and in the centre of the leaves a blossom like a golden cup. It was so beautiful that the little Rabbit forgot to cry, and just lay there watching it. And presently the blossom opened, and out of it there stepped a fairy.  HOW HAPPY THEY WERE AND A GREAT SADNESS CAME OVER HIM HE SEEMED TO SEE THEM ALL PASS BEFORE HIM EACH MORE BEAUTIFUL THAN THE OTHER THE FAIRY HUTS IN THE FLOWER BED THE QUIET EVENINGS IN THE WOOD WHEN HE LAY IN THE BRACKEN AND THE LITTLE ANTS RAN OVER HIS PAWS THE WONDERFUL DAY WHEN HE FIRST KNEW THAT HE WAS REAL HE THOUGHT OF THE SKIN HORSE SO WISE AND GENTLE AND ALL THAT HE HAD TOLD HIM OF WHAT USE WAS IT TO BE LOVED AND LOSE ONE'S BEAUTY AND BECOME REAL IF IT ALL ENDED LIKE THIS A TEAR A REAL TEAR TRICKLED DOWN HIS LITTLE SHABBY VELVET NOSE AND FELL TO THE GROUND AND THEN A STRANGE THING HAPPENED FOR WHERE THE TEAR HAD FALLEN A FLOWER GREW OUT OF THE GROUND A MYSTERIOUS FLOWER NOT AT ALL LIKE ANY THAT GREW IN THE GARDEN IT HAD SLENDER GREEN LEAVES THE COLOUR OF EMERALDS AND IN THE CENTRE OF THE LEAVES A BLOSSOM LIKE A GOLDEN CUP IT WAS SO BEAUTIFUL THAT THE LITTLE RABBIT FORGOT TO CRY AND JUST LAY THERE WATCHING IT AND PRESENTLY THE BLOSSOM OPENED AND OUT OF IT THERE STEPPED A FAIRY
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