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The Velveteen Rabbit
- Narrated by: Richard Armitage
- Length: 24 mins
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Summary
There was once a velveteen rabbit, and in the beginning he was really splendid. He was fat and bunchy, as a rabbit should be; his coat was spotted brown and white, he had real thread whiskers, and his ears were lined with pink sateen. On Christmas morning, when he sat wedged in the top of the Boy's stocking, with a sprig of holly between his paws, the effect was charming.
There were other things in the stocking, nuts and oranges and a toy engine, and chocolate almonds and a clockwork mouse, but the Rabbit was quite the best of all. For at least two hours the Boy loved him, and then Aunts and Uncles came to dinner, and there was a great rustling of tissue paper and unwrapping of parcels, and in the excitement of looking at all the new presents the Velveteen Rabbit was forgotten.
For a long time he lived in the toy cupboard or on the nursery floor, and no one thought very much about him. He was naturally shy, and being only made of velveteen, some of the more expensive toys quite snubbed him.
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- David Bayliss
- 26-05-21
A thing of beauty
A beautiful children's fairy tale, wonderfully narrated, so meaningful and pure, even to very old children, like me x
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- Anonymous User
- 23-05-21
Emotional
Loved it! Richard Armitage's voice is very warm and the story is beautiful and emotional!
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- Kez
- 14-05-21
magical
what a lovely story and so beautifully and delicately read. very magical, I would definitely recommend it to young and old.
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- M. Dasani
- 30-11-22
Nice short story
A nice short and wholesome story. A good performance too.
Honestly just wanted to listen to it because I remembered it from the “friends” tv show.
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- Helen Kemp
- 16-09-21
beautiful
Well, I cried
beautiful 😍 recommended and I now believe after all these years that my Teddy is real
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- Alicat
- 13-01-21
Old favourite
Brought back memories of my childhood
Beautifully narrated
Ideal bedtime story for adults as well as children
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- Christopher William Abram
- 25-10-21
cute little childrens tale
simple but sweet. i think nsot of us adult had a teddy when we were younger that became totally worn out.
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- J. Kelly
- 17-09-21
Gorgeous
My son loved this book as a child but read it to himself, so I didn’t read it.
Now, aged 61, and moved by curiosity and a love of Richard Armitage’s readings, I let his dulcet tones do the honours.
What a wonderful, magical book. My old, worn and somewhat grumpy-looking Teddy looks happier now I ‘know’ what’s REALLY going on………
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- Scott Halsey
- 24-05-21
Grown up???
May we never be so grown up we forget
How to play dream & the velveteen rabbit.
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- cheryl
- 13-03-24
Lovely book
What a lovely book really brings back lovely memories of owning my own teddy bear and loving it till it was old and warn now he sits on my bedside table,to bring the magic at the end was such a brilliant heart warming ending highly recommend for any age loved it!
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