- It's summertime now and the Boy and the Rabbit love to play outside.
- One night, the Boy makes the Rabbit a nest and then goes to pick some flowers. Suddenly, two wild rabbits hop up to our stuffed friend.
- The Rabbit doesn't quite get what's up with these newcomers. Their fur is brand new. And their seams are so good you can't even see them. Plus, how are they able to move around without gears or wind up parts? Weird.
- One of them asks the Velveteen Rabbit to come and play.
- Um, no thanks, says the Rabbit.
- Hmm… says the other wild rabbit. Maybe that's because you can't hop?
- Oh, I totally can. I can hop super high, says the Velveteen Rabbit. (That's not a total lie because he can hop really high when the Boy throws him. Take that, wild rabbits.)
- Then the rabbits notice that the Velveteen Rabbit doesn't have any hind legs and they have a good laugh at his expense.
- The Velveteen Rabbits says that he does have hind legs and he would totally show them off but he prefers sitting still to dancing around. Yeah, that's it.
- But, of course, the Velveteen Rabbit would love to dance and thinking about that just make him sad. Us too.
- One of the wild rabbits comes really close and sniffs the Velveteen Rabbit. Then he announces to his jerky friend that the Rabbit doesn't smell right. He isn't even real.
- Now these guys have gone too far. The Velveteen Rabbit tells them that he is Real. The Boy said so.
- Just then, the Boy runs by and the two wild rabbits dart off.
- The Velveteen Rabbit is pretty sad. He keeps hoping the two little rabbits will come back and play with him. He is Real after all. But it's no use.
- Eventually the Boy comes by and brings him home. Bummer.