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Tonight we'll be reading The Velvetine Rabbit by listener request.

The Velvetine Rabbit is a British children's book written by

Marjorie Williams in 1922. It chronicles the story of a stuffed rabbit's desire to become real through the love of his owner. her.

Let's get cozy.

close your eyes.

Let's get cozy.

Close your eyes.

Relax your body

relax your body

into the softness of your bed.

Now, take a few deep breaths.

There was once a velveteen rabbit, and in the beginning he was really splendid.

He was fat and bunchy, as a rabbit should be. His coat was spotted brown and white. He had real thread

whiskers and his ears were lined with pink satin. On Christmas

morning when he sat wedged in the top of the boy's stalking with a

sprig of Holly between his paws, the effect was charming. There were other things in the stocking, nuts and oranges

and a toy engine, and chocolate almonds, and a

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