有声英语儿童童话故事 绒布兔子 第2章

For a long time he lived in the toy cupboard oron the nursery floor, and no one thought very much about him. He was naturallyshy, and being only made of velveteen, some of the more expensive toys quitesnubbed him. The mechanical toys were very superior, and looked down upon everyone else; they were full of modern ideas, and pretended they were real. Themodel boat, who had lived through two seasons and lost most of his paint,caught the tone from them and never missed an opportunity of referring to hisrigging in technical terms. The Rabbit could not claim to be a model ofanything, for he didn’t know that real rabbits existed; he thought they wereall stuffed with sawdust like himself, and he understood that sawdust was quiteout-of-date and should never be mentioned in modern circles. Even Timothy, thejointed wooden lion, who was made by the disabled soldiers, and should have hadbroader views, put on airs and pretended he was connected with Government.Between them all the poor little Rabbit was made to feel himself very insignificantand commonplace, and the only person who was kind to him at all was the SkinHorse.