The rabbit began to hop and leap and jump for hoy! "Now I am real!" he laughed. The rabbit hopped into the woods and became friends with the rabbits he had met there long ago.
Many months later, the boy returned to his favorite tree. Suddenly a rabbit hopped out from behind.
"You're my velveteen rabbit, aren't you?" asked the boy. The rabbit blinked at the boy, then hopped off into the woods. The boy smiled and said, "I always knew you were real."
