Then at last, the Boy got better. Such joy in the house!
The doctor said the Boy
must go to the shore. How wonderful! thought Velveteen Rabbit. Many times
the Boy had talked with great excitement about the shore, about its wide sandy
shore and big blue ocean.
“What about this old bunny?” Nana asked the doctor.
“That old thing?” said the doctor. “It’s full of scarlet fever germs. Burn it at
once! Get him a new bunny.”
The Velveteen Rabbit was thrown into a sack along with the Boy's bed sheets
and old clothes and a lot of junk. The sack was carried to the backyard. The
gardener was told to burn the whole thing.
But the gardener was too busy picking the beans and peas before nightfall, so
he left the sack behind. “I will take care of it tomorrow,” he said. The sack was
not tied at the top, and the Velveteen Rabbit fell out.