I think about the Velveteen Rabbit and wonder what the "real" rabbits in our yard think of this sculptured imposter. For as the Skin Horse in Margery Williams' The Velveteen Rabbit tells us, "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 in your 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."
I think my stone bunny is Real.
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