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<blockquote data-quote="TerryJ2" data-source="post: 159487" data-attributes="member: 3419"><p>Janet, you're a valuable and appreciated member and a REAL person, just as SusieStar pointed out. I hate it when my husband refers to anyone on line as pretend people. I could not have made it this far with-my difficult child with-o all of you. I am more than happy to lend my support when you and everyone else need it.</p><p> </p><p>We are all REAL. Here's my fave part of The Velveteen Rabbit:</p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><em>"What is REAL?"</em> asked the Rabbit one day, when they were lying side by side near the nursery fender, before Nana came to tidy the room. "Does it mean having things that buzz inside you and a stick-out handle?" </span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">"Real isn't how you are made," said the Skin Horse. "It's a thing that happens to you. When a child<em> loves you</em> for a long, long time, not just to play with, but <em>REALLY loves you,</em> then you become REAL." </span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">"Does it hurt?" asked the Rabbit.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">"Sometimes," said the Skin Horse, for he was always truthful. "When you are Real you don't mind being hurt." </span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">"Does it happen all at once, like being wound up," he asked, "or bit by bit?" </span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">"It doesn't happen all at once," said the Skin Horse. "<em>You<em> become. </em></em>It takes a long time. That's why it doesn't happen often to people who break easily, or have sharp edges, or who have to be carefully kept. 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 your joints and very shabby. But these things don't matter at all, because once you are Real you can't be ugly, except to people who don't understand." </span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">"I suppose you are real?" said the Rabbit. And then he wished he had not said it, for he thought the Skin Horse might be sensitive. But the Skin Horse only smiled. </span></span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TerryJ2, post: 159487, member: 3419"] Janet, you're a valuable and appreciated member and a REAL person, just as SusieStar pointed out. I hate it when my husband refers to anyone on line as pretend people. I could not have made it this far with-my difficult child with-o all of you. I am more than happy to lend my support when you and everyone else need it. We are all REAL. Here's my fave part of The Velveteen Rabbit: [SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Times New Roman][I]"What is REAL?"[/I] asked the Rabbit one day, when they were lying side by side near the nursery fender, before Nana came to tidy the room. "Does it mean having things that buzz inside you and a stick-out handle?" [/FONT][/COLOR][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Times New Roman]"Real isn't how you are made," said the Skin Horse. "It's a thing that happens to you. When a child[I] loves you[/I] for a long, long time, not just to play with, but [I]REALLY loves you,[/I] then you become REAL." [/FONT][/COLOR][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Times New Roman]"Does it hurt?" asked the Rabbit.[/FONT][/COLOR][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Times New Roman]"Sometimes," said the Skin Horse, for he was always truthful. "When you are Real you don't mind being hurt." [/FONT][/COLOR][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Times New Roman]"Does it happen all at once, like being wound up," he asked, "or bit by bit?" [/FONT][/COLOR][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Times New Roman]"It doesn't happen all at once," said the Skin Horse. "[I]You[I] become. [/I][/I]It takes a long time. That's why it doesn't happen often to people who break easily, or have sharp edges, or who have to be carefully kept. 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 your joints and very shabby. But these things don't matter at all, because once you are Real you can't be ugly, except to people who don't understand." [/FONT][/COLOR][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Times New Roman]"I suppose you are real?" said the Rabbit. And then he wished he had not said it, for he thought the Skin Horse might be sensitive. But the Skin Horse only smiled. [/FONT][/COLOR][/SIZE] [/QUOTE]
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