有声英语儿童童话故事 绒布兔子 第11章

“He hasn’t got any hind legs!” hecalled out. “Fancy a rabbit without any hind legs!” And he began to laugh.

“I have!” cried the littleRabbit. “I have got hind legs! I am sitting on them!”

“Then stretch them out and showme, like this!” said the wild rabbit. And he began to whirl round and dance,till the little Rabbit got quite dizzy.

“I don’t like dancing,” he said.“I’d rather sit still!”

But all the while he was longingto dance, for a funny new tickly feeling ran through him, and he felt he wouldgive anything in the world to be able to jump about like these rabbits did.

The strange rabbit stoppeddancing, and came quite close. He came so close this time that his longwhiskers brushed the Velveteen Rabbit’s ear, and then he wrinkled his nosesuddenly and flattened his ears and jumped backwards.

“He doesn’t smell right!” heexclaimed. “He isn’t a rabbit at all! He isn’t real!”

“I am Real!” said the littleRabbit. “I am Real! The Boy said so!” And he nearly began to cry.