Bedtime Story: The Velveteen Rabbit
Parents, please listen to this story first before deciding about sharing it with your child. "The Velveteen Rabbit" by Margery Williams tells the timeless story of a little boy and his stuffed rabbit. The rabbit learns what it means to become "Real" by living through challenges and being loved. "It doesn't happen all at once. You become. It takes a long time. That's why it doesn't happen often to people who break easily, or have sharp edges, or who have to be carefully kept. Generally, by the time you are Real, most of your hair has been loved off, and your eyes drop out and you get loose in your joints and very shabby. But these things don't matter at all, because once you are Real, you can't be ugly, except to people who don't understand." "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." Background Music: SoundsVisual Pond 5.
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