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For a long time he lived in the toy cupboard or on the nursery

floor, and no one thought very much about him. He was naturally

shy, and being only made of velveteen, some of the more

expensive toys quite snubbed him.

The mechanical toys were very superior, and looked down upon

every one else; they were full of modern ideas, and pretended they

were real. The model boat, who had lived through two seasons

and lost most of his paint, caught the tone from them and never

missed an opportunity of referring to his rigging in technical

terms.

The Rabbit could not claim to be a model of anything, for he didn't

know that real rabbits existed; he thought they were all stuffed

with sawdust like himself, and he understood that sawdust was

quite out-of-date and should never be mentioned in modern

circles.

Even Timothy, the jointed wooden lion, who was made by the

disabled soldiers, and should have had broader views, put on airs

and pretended he was connected with Government. Between them

all the poor little Rabbit was made to feel himself very

insignificant and commonplace, and the only person who was

kind to him at all was the Skin Horse.

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