What is REAL?" asked the Rabbit one day ...
"Real isn't how you are made, it's a thing that happens to you ... 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 rubbed off, and your eyes drop out and you get loose in the 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."
Skin Horse, "Velveteen Rabbit"
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