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went, and Nana walked back and forth in fear. Day after day, the Boy stayed in
bed. There was nothing for Velveteen Rabbit to do but to stay in bed too, day
after day. Then at last, the Boy got better. Such joy in the house! The doctor
said the Boy must go to the shore. How wonderful! thought Velveteen
Rabbit. Many times the Boy had talked with great excitement about the shore,
“That old thing?” said the doctor. “It’s full of scarlet fever germs. Burn it at
The Velveteen Rabbit was thrown into a sack along with the Boy's bed sheets
and old clothes and a lot of junk. The sack was carried to the backyard. The
But the gardener was too busy picking the beans and peas before nightfall, so
he left the sack behind. “I will take care of it tomorrow,” he said. The sack was
not tied at the top, and the Velveteen Rabbit fell out. The next day when the
gardener picked up the sack to take it away to be burned, the Velveteen Rabbit
Then it started to rain. The Velveteen Rabbit felt sad - so far away from the Boy,
never again to be nice and cozy inside together and now soaking wet, too! A tear
fell from Velveteen Rabbit’s eye, over his cheek. It plopped onto the grass.
All at once, at the spot where the tear fell, a flower grew up. The bud of the