Seasons

For everything there is a season, right? That's true for the Velveteen Rabbit, too.

His story begins on Christmas Day—in winter. The Boy doesn't play much with him and he snubbed by the other toys in the nursery. It's kind of a cold and dreary emotional scene to match the season.

But things really start to pick up when the weather gets better:

Spring came, and they had long days in the garden, for wherever the Boy went the Rabbit went too. He had rides in the wheelbarrow, and picnics on the grass, and lovely fairy huts built for him under the raspberry canes behind the flower border. (19)

And as the days grow longer, things get even jollier:

Near the house where they lived there was a wood, and in the long June evenings the Boy liked to go there after tea to play. He took the Velveteen Rabbit with him, and before he wandered off to pick flowers, or play at brigands among the trees, he always made the Rabbit a little nest somewhere among the bracken, where he would be quite cozy, for he was a kind-hearted little boy and he liked Bunny to be comfortable. (25-26)

In the spring and summer, the Boy and Rabbit can go outside and explore. They can escape the confines of the nursery and learn more about each other. With the warmer weather, they also share warm moments of friendship and love. Aww.

It's no surprise that the Boy gets sick towards the end of summer and stays ill as the weather turns chilly in autumn. The cold weather brings more sadness with it. Later, after autumn and winter have passed, the Boy meets the Rabbit outside again as a wild rabbit in the springtime.

It's clear that the seasons change as feelings change. Some days are bright and happy and joyful and some days are sad. It's all part of the cycle of life.