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Quote #1
One evening, when the Boy was going to bed, he couldn't find the china dog that always slept with him. Nana was in a hurry, and it was too much trouble to hunt for china dogs at bedtime, so she simply looked about her, and seeing that the toy cupboard door stood open, she made a swoop.
"Here," she said, "take your old Bunny! He'll do to sleep with you!" And she dragged the Rabbit out by one ear, and put him into the Boy's arms. (15-16)
Well, the Rabbit really lucked into this arrangement. He became the Boy's new favorite toy because the china dog went missing and Nana was too tired to look for it. The Rabbit's just a stuffed animal and he's pretty powerless in this world.
Quote #2
He took the Velveteen Rabbit with him, and before he wandered off to pick flowers, or play at brigands among the trees, he always made the Rabbit a little nest somewhere among the bracken, where he would be quite cosy, for he was a kind-hearted little boy and he liked Bunny to be comfortable. (26)
Sure, the Velveteen Rabbit likes the Boy, but he doesn't really have any choice except to go where the Boy goes and play what he wants to play. Luckily, the Boy is nice…and not a sadistic monster who likes to cut little rabbits open and watch their sawdust insides spill out.
Quote #3
"Why don't you get up and play with us?" one of them asked.
"I don't feel like it," said the Rabbit, for he didn't want to explain that he had no clockwork.
"Ho!" said the furry rabbit. "It's as easy as anything," And he gave a big hop sideways and stood on his hind legs.
"I don't believe you can!" he said.
"I can!" said the little Rabbit. "I can jump higher than anything!" He meant when the Boy threw him, but of course he didn't want to say so.
This whole exchange reveals how powerless and passive the Rabbit truly is. While the wild rabbits can hop around and dance, the Rabbit can only sit there and watch as they have fun. And the poor little guy just hopes they don't notice how still he's sitting. It's sad really.