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Margery Williams
A stuffed rabbit given to a boy at Christmas longs to know what it means to be Real. The wise old Skin Horse tells him that Real is what you become when a…
A stuffed rabbit given to a boy at Christmas longs to know what it means to be Real. The wise old Skin Horse tells him that Real is what you become when a child loves you for a long, long time, by which time most of your hair has been loved off. The rabbit becomes the boy's favourite, shabby and adored, until the boy falls ill with scarlet fever and the toys must be burned, and a fairy appears.
Margery Williams published the story in 1922, and it has been read to children ever since. In this recording two readers who sign themselves Barbara Bear and Mama Bear read it together as a duet, in about twenty minutes.
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