A shiny robot asked, "What can you do?"
"I dont know," replied the rabbit.
"Well, I can walk back and forth," said the robot. "And someday I am going to be real. Are you?"
The rabbit turned to Old Horse. He was the oldest and wisest toy in the playroom.
"What's real?" asked the rabbit.
Old Horse smiled. "Real is when a child loves you very, very muchfor a long, long time," he replied. "it's when he loves you so much that your shiny coat grows dull, and you don't look so neew any more."
"Oh, my!" exclaimed the rabbit.
"When you are real you don't care how you look because there is nothing better than being loved," said Old Horse. Just then, the boy came into the playroom.
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