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

Becoming Real: 40 Days with the Velveteen Rabbit Day 21 – Friday after Third Sunday of Lent – 12th March2010 To Read: “Can you hop on your hind legs?” asked the furry rabbit? That was a dreadful question, for the Velveteen rabbit had no hind legs at all!  The back of him was made all… Continue reading Becoming Real – Day 21

Becoming Real: 40 Days with the Velveteen Rabbit Day 20 – Thursday after Third Sunday of Lent – 11th March2010 To Read: While the Rabbit stared hard to see which side the clockwork stuck out, for he knew that people who jump generally have something to wind them up.  But he couldn’t see it.  They… Continue reading Becoming Real – Day 20

Becoming Real: 40 Days with the Velveteen Rabbit Day 19 – Wednesday after Third Sunday of Lent – 10th March2010 To Read: One evening, while the Rabbit was lying there alone, watching the ants that ran to and fro between his velvet paws in the grass, he saw two strange beings creep out of the… Continue reading Becoming Real – Day 19