- So the Rabbit gets thrown in a bag of toys that the gardener plans to burn the next day.
- And the Boy gets a new bunny with white fur and shiny glass eyes. He's not super worried about where the Velveteen Rabbit ends up because tomorrow he's headed for the seaside.
- The Rabbit wiggles a little so he can see out of the bag. He starts thinking about the Skin Horse and everything he learned from him. Then he wonders what good is being Real? He was loved and worn down and is gonna end up a pile of ashes anyway.
- This thought makes the little Rabbit start to cry. One real tear.
- Okay, but then, the Rabbit's tear falls out the ground and a little flower grows. Out of the blooming flower steps a fairy. All right.
- She tells the Rabbit that she's the nursery magic Fairy. She takes care of all the toys that children don't want to play with anymore. After children have loved these toys, this Fairy comes and takes them and turns them Real.
- Yeah, but I thought I was Real already, the Rabbit says.
- You were Real to the Boy, the Fairy explains, but now you'll be Real to everyone. Sweet.
- The Fairy grabs the little Rabbit and flies him off over the woods. They land down by a group of wild rabbits.
- The Fairy announces to the rabbits that she's brought them a new friend and they need to look after him and teach him all kinds of important rabbit stuff.
- Then she kisses the Velveteen Rabbit and tells him to run and play with his new buds.
- The Rabbit doesn't move because he doesn't want the wild rabbits to judge him for his lack of hind legs.
- Of course, he doesn't realize that the Fairy has turned him into a wild rabbit when she kissed him.
- Finally, the Rabbit gets a tickle in his nose and moves his hind leg to scratch it. He has hind legs. And they move.
- The Rabbit is so excited that he starts twitching his ears and bouncing around with joy. By the time he looks back to find the Fairy, she's gone.