Becoming Real: 40 Days with the Velveteen Rabbit Day 34 – Saturday after Passion Sunday – 27th March2010   To Read: He thought of the Skin Horse, so wise and gentle, and all that he had told him.  Of what use was it to be loved and lose one’s beauty and become Real if it… Continue reading Becoming Real – Day 34

Becoming Real: 40 Days with the Velveteen Rabbit Day 33 – Friday after Passion Sunday – 26th March2010 To Read: Near by he could see the thicket of raspberry canes, growing tall and close like a tropical jungle, in whose shadow he had played with the Boy on bygone mornings.  He thought of those long… Continue reading Becoming Real – Day 33

Becoming Real: 40 Days with the Velveteen Rabbit Day 32 – Thursday after Passion Sunday – 25th March2010 To Read: The sack had been left untied, and so by wriggling a bit he was able to get his head through the opening and look out.  He was shivering a little, for he had always been… Continue reading Becoming Real – Day 32

Becoming Real: 40 Days with the Velveteen Rabbit Day 31 – Wednesday after Passion Sunday – 24th March 2010 To Read: And so the little Rabbit was put into a sack with the old picture books and a lot of rubbish, and carried out to the end of the garden behind the fowl-house.  That was a… Continue reading Becoming Real – Day 31

Becoming Real: 40 Days with the Velveteen Rabbit Day 30 – Tuesday after Passion Sunday – 23rd March2010 To Read: “Hurrah!” thought the little Rabbit.  “To-morrow we shall go to the seaside!”  For the boy had often talked of the seaside, and he wanted very much to see the big waves coming in, and the… Continue reading Becoming Real – Day 30

Becoming Real: 40 Days with the Velveteen Rabbit Day 29 – Monday after Passion Sunday – 22nd March2010 To Read: It was a bright, sunny morning, and the windows stood wide open.  They had carried the Boy out on the balcony, wrapped in a shawl, and the little Rabbit lay tangled up among the bedclothes,… Continue reading Becoming Real – Day 29

Becoming Real: 40 Days with the Velveteen Rabbit Day 28 – Saturday after Mothering Sunday – 20th March2010 To Read: It was a long weary time, for the Boy was too ill to play, and the little Rabbit found it rather dull with nothing to do all day long.  But he snuggled down patiently, and… Continue reading Becoming Real – Day 28

Becoming Real: 40 Days with the Velveteen Rabbit Day 27 – Friday after Mothering Sunday – 19th March2010   To Read: And then, one day, the Boy was ill. His face grew very flushed, and he talked in his sleep, and his little body was so hot that it burned the Rabbit when he held… Continue reading Becoming Real – Day 27

Becoming Real: 40 Days with the Velveteen Rabbit Day 26 – Thursday after Mothering Sunday – 18th March2010 To Read: Weeks passed, and the little Rabbit grew very old and shabby, but the Boy loved him just as much.  He loved him so hard that he loved all his whiskers off, and the pink lining… Continue reading Becoming Real – Day 26

Becoming Real: 40 Days with the Velveteen Rabbit Day 25 – Wednesday after Mothering Sunday – 17th March 2010 To Read: For a long time he lay very still, watching the bracken, and hoping that they would come back.  But they never returned, and presently the sun sank lower and the little white moths fluttered… Continue reading Becoming Real – Day 25