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That night he was almost too happy to sleep, and so much love
stirred in his little sawdust heart that it almost burst. And into his
boot-button eyes, that had long ago lost their polish, there came a
look of wisdom and beauty, so that even Nana noticed it next
morning when she picked him up, and said, "I declare if that old
Bunny hasn't got quite a knowing expression!"
Summer Days
That was a wonderful Summer!
Near the house where they lived there was a wood, and in the
long June evenings the Boy liked to go there after tea to play. He
took the Velveteen Rabbit with him, and before he wandered off to
pick flowers, or play at brigands among the trees, he always made
the Rabbit a little nest somewhere among the bracken, where he
would be quite cosy, for he was a kind-hearted little boy and he
liked Bunny to be comfortable. One evening, while the Rabbit was
lying there alone, watching the ants that ran to and fro between
his velvet paws in the grass, he saw two strange beings creep out
of the tall bracken near him.
They were rabbits like himself, but quite furry and brand-new.
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