The Velveteen Rabbit
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HERE was once a velveteen rabbit, and in the beginning he was really splendid. He was fat and bunchy, as a rabbit should be; his coat was spotted brown and white, he had real thread whiskers, and his ears were lined with pink sateen. On Christmas morning, when he sat wedged in the top of the Boy's stocking, with a sprig of holly between his paws, the effect was charming.…
Details
- AuthorMargery Williams Bianco
- SourceProject Gutenberg #11757
- Length3,890 words · 16 min of reading
- Chapters6
- DictionaryIncluded
- CopyrightPublic domain in the United States
- Source checked2026-09-06
Contents
6 chapters
Recovered from the original source text, so you can open the book at any of them.
- 01Christmas Morning
- 02The Skin Horse Tells His Story
- 03Spring Time
- 04Summer Days
- 05Anxious Times
- 06The Fairy Flower
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