Guest guest Posted July 17, 2003 Report Share Posted July 17, 2003 whose brother had a double lung transplant: > " What is REAL? " asked the Rabbit one day, when they were lying side by > side > near the nursery fender, before Nana came to tidy the room. " Does it > mean > having things that buzz inside you and a stick-out handle? " > > " Real isn't how you are made, " said the Skin Horse. " It's a thing that > happens to you. When a child loves you for a long, long time, not just > to > play with, but Really loves you, then you become Real. " > > " Does it hurt? " asked the Rabbit. > > " Sometimes, " said the Skin Horse, for he was always truthful. " When you > are > Real you don't mind being hurt. " > > " Does it happen all at once, like being wound up, " he asked, " or bit by > bit? " > > " It doesn't happen all at once, " said the Skin Horse. " 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 all 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. " Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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