OLIVER

...‘The stuffed rabbit asked - What

is real? And the Horse said, “Real

isn’t how you’re made. It’s a thing

that happens to you. When a child

loves you for a long long time not

just to play with, but really loves

then you become real..

...And the rabbit asked, 'Does it

hurt?' And the horse said,

'Sometimes.' 'Does it happen all at

once like being wound up, or bit by

bit?'..

...'It takes a long time. That’s

why it doesn’t happen to people who

break easily...

...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 the joints.

But these things don’t matter at

all because you are real and you

can’t be ugly, except to people who

don’t understand.'