How we cite our quotes: (Paragraph)
Quote #1
"Does it hurt?" asked the Rabbit.
"Sometimes," said the Skin Horse, for he was always truthful. "When you are Real you don't mind being hurt." (7-8)
Well, this is kind of a bummer. So you get to become Real, but you might be a little miserable along the way. We can see why the Rabbit isn't too jazzed about this process, even if what the Skin Horse says is true and he won't mind the pain.
Quote #2
That night, and for many nights after, the Velveteen Rabbit slept in the Boy's bed. At first he found it rather uncomfortable, for the Boy hugged him very tight, and sometimes he rolled over on him, and sometimes he pushed him so far under the pillow that the Rabbit could scarcely breathe. And he missed, too, those long moonlight hours in the nursery, when all the house was silent, and his talks with the Skin Horse. (17)
The whole process of getting to know the Boy starts out pretty melancholy. The Rabbit is squished and uncomfortable in the bed and he misses his old life. Sure, his sadness doesn't last long, but it just goes to show that what the Skin Horse said was true—becoming Real isn't all a walk in the park.
Quote #3
He was wet through with the dew and quite earthy from diving into the burrows the Boy had made for him in the flower bed, and Nana grumbled as she rubbed him off with a corner of her apron. (19)
The night the Rabbit gets left out in the grass, he gets pretty dirty and Nana isn't too happy about having to fetch him. We're guessing the Rabbit didn't much like being left out in the wet and mud either.