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 loved off and your eyes drop out and you get loose 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.
The velveteen rabbit
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by Sandy Gordon Frankfort July 12, 2013
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by Sandy Gordon Frankfort March 19, 2013
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by Sandy Gordon Frankfort December 1, 2012
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by Sandy Gordon Frankfort November 13, 2012
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by Sandy Gordon Frankfort August 22, 2012
The moment a child is born, the mother is also born. She never existed before. The woman existed, but the…
by Sandy Gordon Frankfort July 27, 2012
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by Sandy Gordon Frankfort May 21, 2012
