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Quote #1
For at least two hours the Boy loved him, and then Aunts and Uncles came to dinner, and there was a great rustling of tissue paper and unwrapping of parcels, and in the excitement of looking at all the new presents the Velveteen Rabbit was forgotten. (2)
The Rabbit was on top of the world for a few hours and then he got tossed into the toy box. Kids are so fickle. It's lonely out there for a toy.
Quote #2
For a long time he lived in the toy cupboard or on the nursery floor, and no one thought very much about him. He was naturally shy, and being only made of velveteen, some of the more expensive toys quite snubbed him. The mechanical toys were very superior, and looked down upon every one else; they were full of modern ideas, and pretended they were real […] Between them all the poor little Rabbit was made to feel himself very insignificant and commonplace, and the only person who was kind to him at all was the Skin Horse. (3)
This is pretty sad. Not only does the Boy not bother with the Rabbit in the beginning, the other toys don't even want to be friends with him because he's just a boring stuffed animal. Honestly, we think you're better off without those other toys, Rabbit. They sound super stuck-up.
Quote #3
That night, and for many nights after, the Velveteen Rabbit slept in the Boy's bed. At first he found it rather uncomfortable, for the Boy hugged him very tight, and sometimes he rolled over on him, and sometimes he pushed him so far under the pillow that the Rabbit could scarcely breathe. And he missed, too, those long moonlight hours in the nursery, when all the house was silent, and his talks with the Skin Horse. (17)
Even when the Rabbit first connects with the Boy the experience isn't all fun and lovely. The Rabbit misses his friend the Skin Horse and feels uncomfortable just snuggling with the Boy. Good news is, the Rabbit is soon gonna find a best friend in the Boy and his days of loneliness are over. For now…