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"I've brought you a new playfellow," the Fairy said. "You must be

very kind to him and teach him all he needs to know in Rabbit-

land, for he is going to live with you for ever and ever!"

And she kissed the little Rabbit again and put him down on the

grass.

"Run and play, little Rabbit!" she said.

But the little Rabbit sat quite still for a moment and never moved.

For when he saw all the wild rabbits dancing around him he

suddenly remembered about his hind legs, and he didn't want

them to see that he was made all in one piece. He did not know

that when the Fairy kissed him that last time she had changed him

altogether. And he might have sat there a long time, too shy to

move, if just then something hadn't tickled his nose, and before he

thought what he was doing he lifted his hind toe to scratch it.

And he found that he actually had hind legs! Instead of dingy

velveteen he had brown fur, soft and shiny, his ears twitched by

themselves, and his whiskers were so long that they brushed the

grass. He gave one leap and the joy of using

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