A book which I read as a child and still read in the book club for other kids.
"Real isn't how you are made," said the Skin Horse. 'It's a thing that happens to you. When a child loves you for a long, long time, not just to play with, but REALLY loves you, then you become Real. It doesn't happen all at once. You become. It takes a long time. Generally, by the time you are Real, most of your hair has been loved off, and your eyes drop out and you get loose in the joints and very shabby. But these things don't matter at all, because once you are Real you can't be ugly, except to people who don't understand."
These lines never leave me, since I first read the book. A must read!
I've never read this book, but I may have to hunt it out to read to my children
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It is a must read Barefoot Mahala
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