There were other things in the stocking, nuts and oranges and a toy engine, and chocolate almonds and a clockwork mouse, but the Rabbit was quite the best of all. "Can you hop on your hind legs?" "Here," she said, "take your old Bunny! Specifically, I wrote this down when I was on a coaching call with Angel: “Waiting for confidence and motivation never works. And they had splendid games together, in whispers, when Nana had gone away to her supper and left the night-light burning on the mantelpiece. Weeks passed, and the little Rabbit grew very old and shabby, but the Boy loved him just as much. For where the tear had fallen a flower grew out of the ground, a mysterious flower, not at all like any that grew in the garden. The trail runs from flying saucer songs in the '50s, through Bowie, blink-182 and Katy Perry. The Skin Horse had lived longer in the nursery than any of the others. The room was to be disinfected, and all the books and toys that the Boy had played with in bed must be burnt. And he nearly began to cry. And he missed, too, those long moonlight hours in the nursery, when all the house was silent, and his talks with the Skin Horse. It's a whole new way to think about shaving. from Ann Arbor, Mi "I don't feel turdy" doesn't make sense. When they are old and worn out and the children don't need them any more, then I come and take them away with me and turn them into Real.". One evening, while the Rabbit was lying there alone, watching the ants that ran to and fro between his velvet paws in the grass, he saw two strange beings creep out of the tall bracken near him. They had carried the Boy out on to the balcony, wrapped in a shawl, and the little Rabbit lay tangled up among the bedclothes, thinking. said the wild rabbit. Did Journey have a contest to name the group? "Cry to Me" is a song written by Bert Berns (listed as "Bert Russell") and first recorded by American soul singer Solomon Burke in 1961. "I can jump higher than anything!" growing tall and close like a tropical jungle, in whose shadow he had played with the Boy on bygone mornings. It had slender green leaves the colour of emeralds, and in the centre of the leaves a blossom like a golden cup. "I don't like dancing," he said. He even began to lose his shape, and he scarcely looked like a rabbit any more, except to the Boy. On Christmas morning, when he sat wedged in the top of the Boy's stocking, with a sprig of holly between his paws, the effect was charming. Her dress was of pearl and dew-drops, and there were flowers round her neck and in her hair, and her face was like the most perfect flower of all. Now people just have sexual encounters. Of what use was it to be loved and lose one's beauty and become Real if it all ended like this? Don't you feel like crying? He's REAL!". Don't you feel like crying? Courtesy of Bob Gaudio and Frankie Valli. But he never knew that it really was his own Bunny, come back to look at the child who had first helped him to be Real. "Little Rabbit," she said, "don't you know who I am?". And while he was playing, two rabbits crept out from the bracken and peeped at him. Well, here I am, my honey C'mon, cry to me. But I got this message the other day after the belly dance. General CommentTo me, this song is all about how love can be so wrong, such a mistake, and yet at the same time, when all's said and done.. at the end of our life when we "stand before the Lord of Song", that it's never wrong, and it's never a mistake.C.S. Scissor Sisters. AZLyrics. said the doctor. she said. All sorts of delightful things he planned, and while the Boy lay half asleep he crept up close to the pillow and whispered them in his ear. Kent Lyle from Palo Alto, Ca The video created a huge controversy on MTV when it was released. I don't care how many times this was played as the slow dance at dances, I never got to like it- Wes Chicago "Does Anybody Know What Time It Is" Chicago "If You Leave Me Now" 'You'll take away the biggest part of me/Woo-hoo-hoo-hoo-hoo Baby, please don't go' Chicago "Make Me Smile" Chicago "Saturday In the Park" Chicago "25 Or 6 to 4" He came so close this time that his long whiskers brushed the Velveteen Rabbit's ear, and then he wrinkled his nose suddenly and flattened his ears and jumped backwards. For at least two hours the Boy loved him, and then Aunts and Uncles came to dinner, and there was a great rustling of tissue paper and unwrapping of parcels, and in the excitement of looking at all the new presents the Velveteen Rabbit was forgotten. They talked about it all, while the little Rabbit lay under the bedclothes, with just his head peeping out, and listened. And she dragged the Rabbit out by one ear, and put him into the Boy's arms. He isn't real!". "Then stretch them out and show me, like this!" The Boy said so!" But he snuggled down patiently, and looked forward to the time when the Boy should be well again, and they would go out in the garden amongst the flowers and the butterflies and play splendid games in the raspberry thicket like they used to. Couldn't find anything. Now you shall be asked the Rabbit one day, when they were lying side by side near the nursery fender, before Nana came to tidy the room. The sack had been left untied, and so by wriggling a bit he was able to get his head through the opening and look out. "I am the nursery magic Fairy," she said. The mechanical toys were very superior, and looked down upon every one else; they were full of modern ideas, and pretended they were real. PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, To Francesco Bianco "You mustn't say that. And then a strange thing happened. Government. "It's as easy as anything," And he gave a big hop sideways and stood on his hind legs. He longed to become Real, to know what it felt like; and yet the idea of growing shabby and losing his eyes and whiskers was rather sad. They must have been very well made, for their seams didn't show at all, and they changed shape in a queer way when they moved; one minute they were long and thin and the next minute fat and bunchy, instead of always staying the same like he did. When one gets the spirit of the Holy Ghost, it is done with spontaneity. Dancing, moving your body around, and trying to be sexy are all fairly vulnerable acts. 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. For the boy had often talked of the seaside, and he wanted very much to see the big waves coming in, and the tiny crabs, and the sand castles. Or choreographed. Because I don’t feel like explaining myself. "Fancy all that fuss for a toy!". "Don't Feel Like Crying" is a song by Norwegian singer-songwriter Sigrid, recorded for her debut studio album, Sucker Punch. That was a fine place to make a bonfire, only the gardener was too busy just then to attend to it. And while the Boy was asleep, dreaming of the seaside, the little Rabbit lay among the old picture-books in the corner behind the fowl-house, and he felt very lonely. "Why don't you get up and play with us?" "When you are Real you don't mind being hurt. The strange rabbit stopped dancing, and came quite close. He meant when the Boy threw him, but of course he didn't want to say so. Spring came, and they had long days in the garden, for wherever the Boy went the Rabbit went too. One of them was brown all over, but the other had strange markings under his fur, as though long ago he had been spotted, and the spots still showed through. Just then there was a sound of footsteps, and the Boy ran past near them, and with a stamp of feet and a flash of white tails the two strange rabbits disappeared. And he found that he actually had hind legs! "I am Real!" "Ho!" HOW TOYS BECOME REAL, THE VELVETEEN RABBIT Get him a new one. Handwritten lyrics to three songs by internationally renowned songwriter Bob Dylan have been put on sale in an auction organised by Moments in Time. The nursery magic had happened to him, and he was a toy no longer. “I wrote it for my little sister, Madison. In the open glade between the tree-trunks the wild rabbits danced with their shadows on the velvet grass, but when they saw the Fairy they all stopped dancing and stood round in a ring to stare at her. "Give me my Bunny!" 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. I am sitting on them!". Don't say a word. And into his boot-button eyes, that had long ago lost their polish, there came a look of wisdom and beauty, so that even Nana noticed it next morning when she picked him up, and said, "I declare if that old Bunny hasn't got quite a knowing expression!". The song used in introductions by the Chicago Bulls and many other sports teams is "Sirius" by The Alan Parsons project, the opening track on the Eye In The Sky album. She also shares an original poem she wrote for #NPRpoetry. "Don't Feel Like Crying" Single by Sigrid from the album Sucker Punch Released17 January 2019 GenrePop Length2:37 LabelIsland Songwriter Sigrid Raabe Oscar Holter Emily Warren ProducerOscar Holter Sigrid singles chronology "Sucker Punch" "Don't Feel Like … It lasts for always.". "I am Real! said the little Rabbit. THE The Rabbit sighed. called the little Rabbit. And all the time their noses twitched. 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. And she came close to the little Rabbit and gathered him up in her arms and kissed him on his velveteen nose that was all damp from crying. It is so freaking obviously "I don't feel tardy." The back of him was made all in one piece, like a pincushion. He was so old that his brown coat was bald in patches and showed the seams underneath, and most of the hairs in his tail had been pulled out to string bead necklaces. Why couldn't they stop and talk to me?". And I don’t think they really care anyway.” ... just dancing with you and being me.” ... is a life strategy…a healthy daily ritual for me now. It was a splendid bunny, all white plush with real glass eyes, but the Boy was too excited to care very much about it. Velveteen Rabbit OR "Come back and play with me!" Paul Thomas Anderson's new film "The Master" is... ambiguous. "You must be very kind to him and teach him all he needs to know in Rabbit-land, for he is going to live with you for ever and ever!". He was shivering a little, for he had always been used to sleeping in a proper bed, and by this time his coat had worn so thin and threadbare from hugging that it was no longer any protection to him. by. Nonsense! He was wise, for he had seen a long succession of mechanical toys arrive to boast and swagger, and by-and-by break their mainsprings and pass away, and he knew that they were only toys, and would never turn into anything else. Between them all the poor little Rabbit was made to feel himself very insignificant and commonplace, and the only person who was kind to him at all was the Skin Horse. But all the while he was longing to dance, for a funny new tickly feeling ran through him, and he felt he would give anything in the world to be able to jump about like these rabbits did. I don't wanna slow dance In the dark, dark When you gotta run Just hear my voice in you (My voice in you) Shutting me out of you (shutting me out of you) Doing so great (So great, so great) You Used to be the one to hold you when you fall Yeah, yeah, yeah (When you fall, when you fall) I don't fuck with your tone (I don't fuck with your tone) L. A top country songwriter, Barry talks about writing hits for Little Big Town, Tim McGraw and Jason Aldean. May contain affiliate links. This used to be the life but I don't need another one. "Peter Gunn" was the first TV theme to hit the Hot 100. But the little Rabbit sat quite still for a moment and never moved. But they never returned, and presently the sun sank lower and the little white moths fluttered out, and the Boy came and carried him home. The songs featured in the auct... Papa Roach trolls Donald Trump with 'Last Resort' lyrics Near the house where they lived there was a wood, and in the long June evenings the Boy liked to go there after tea to play. But the Skin Horse only smiled. 'Cause I don't want to go home You put a spell on me I'm right where you want me to be You make me feel like dancing I gonna to dance the night away ... You make feel like dancing I'm want to dance my life away You make feel like dancing I'm want to dance my life away Submit Corrections. "That was a great many years ago; but once you are Real you can't become unreal again. “I don’t censor my substance use in ‘Dancing With the Devil.’ ... ” was the hardest song on the album to write. ", "Real isn't how you are made," said the Skin Horse. He thought it would be a long time before this magic called Real happened to him. He thought of the Skin Horse, so wise and gentle, and all that he had told him. Strange people came and went in the nursery, and a light burned all night and through it all the little Velveteen Rabbit lay there, hidden from sight under the bedclothes, and he never stirred, for he was afraid that if they found him some one might take him away, and he knew that the Boy needed him. The Velveteen Rabbit was all alone. It was so beautiful that the little Rabbit forgot to cry, and just lay there watching it. Sometimes she took no notice of the playthings lying about, and sometimes, for no reason whatever, she went swooping about like a great wind and hustled them away in cupboards. "Why, it's a mass of scarlet fever germs!–Burn it at once. And he began to whirl round and dance, till the little Rabbit got quite dizzy. "I'd rather sit still!". The Rabbit looked up at her, and it seemed to him that he had seen her face before, but he couldn't think where. He was Real. When you're all alone in your lonely room And there's nothing but the smell of her perfume Don't you feel like crying? He did not know that when the Fairy kissed him that last time she had changed him altogether. He wished that he could become it without these uncomfortable things happening to him. he thought. Instead of dingy velveteen he had brown fur, soft and shiny, his ears twitched by themselves, and his whiskers were so long that they brushed the grass. She called this "tidying up," and the playthings all hated it, especially the tin ones. And once, when the Boy was called away suddenly to go out to tea, the Rabbit was left out on the lawn until long after dusk, and Nana had to come and look for him with the candle because the Boy couldn't go to sleep unless he was there. And she held the little Rabbit close in her arms and flew with him into the wood. "I have!" "He doesn't smell right!" Aly: I feel like that's somewhat new with this music, but when we played for the WNBA, that was a cool moment. This script is a transcript that was painstakingly transcribed using the screenplay and/or viewings of Dirty Dancing. And he began to laugh. He was a Real Rabbit at last, at home with the other rabbits. by Scissor Sisters. See if you can tell which lyrics are real and which are Spinal Tap in this lyrics quiz. And about his little soft nose and his round black eyes there was something familiar, so that the Boy thought to himself: "Why, he looks just like my old Bunny that was lost when I had scarlet fever!". ", "Does it happen all at once, like being wound up," he asked, "or bit by bit? He'll do to sleep with you!" For a long time he lay very still, watching the bracken, and hoping that they would come back. In the caption, Eva wrote: “Ya know I get that some people don’t like 85kg of white chocolate. When a child loves you for a long, long time, not just to play with, but REALLY loves you, then you become Real. "I don't like dancing," he said. said the little Rabbit. "They love it, they don't like it, they like it better a second time, they see it a third time and they reverse their opinion." The Boy himself had said it. He was able to sit up in bed and look at picture-books, while the little Rabbit cuddled close at his side. And so the little Rabbit was put into a sack with the old picture-books and a lot of rubbish, and carried out to the end of the garden behind the fowl-house. "Wasn't I Real before?" Get the Sheet Music License This Song . But the wild rabbits have very sharp eyes. -- Paul Thomas Anderson on "The Master," in a Toronto Star interview with Peter Howell The critics agree! ", "Sometimes," said the Skin Horse, for he was always truthful. ", David Bowie Leads the Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Long-Haired Men, Barry Dean ("Pontoon," "Diamond Rings And Old Barstools"), The Truth Is Out There: A History of Alien Songs. Was "Pearl" Eddie Vedder's grandmother, and did she really make a hallucinogenic jam? he exclaimed. he said. "Hurrah!" "I can!" And presently the blossom opened, and out of it there stepped a fairy. P.s. A monthly update on our latest interviews, stories and added songs, This camp disco song is a deliberate rebuke to the Bee Gees disco standard ", In the Brit Awards 2007 magazine, Jake Shears called this "The happiest-sounding song ever written about staying in and feeling miserable. But all the while he was longing to dance, for a funny new tickly feeling ran through him, and he felt he would give anything in the world to be able to jump about like these rabbits did. dba The Four Seasons Partnership. That was a dreadful question, for the Velveteen Rabbit had no hind legs at all! But very soon he grew to like it, for the Boy used to talk to him, and made nice tunnels for him under the bedclothes that he said were like the burrows the real rabbits lived in. It’s kind of like those who get so caught up in the church that they “speak in tongues.” Written by Michael Lloyd … And when "Does it mean having things that buzz inside you and a stick-out handle? He had rides in the wheelbarrow, and picnics on the grass, and lovely fairy huts built for him under the raspberry canes behind the flower border. Because if you do a bad job, people think you look stupid, you get rejected, and you wind up … I became lovers with a sophisticated lawyer I met on a skiing holiday. Illustrations may vary somewhat in size, color, and placement from the original. The Velveteen Rabbit, The For nursery magic is very strange and wonderful, and only those playthings that are old and wise and experienced like the Skin Horse understand all about it. Play I Don't Feel Like Dancing. Especially in countries where I didn’t feel, like, seen or where no one cared who I was. "The Boy's Uncle made me Real," he said. Writer(s): L. Sayer, Poncia. He isn't a toy. Demi Lovato is embracing every new stage in her life since surviving her near-fatal overdose in July 2018. When we got back to England, I discovered that he was married, but I was hooked by then. Velveteen Rabbit That night the Boy slept in a different bedroom, and he had a new bunny to sleep with him. "You become. Our relationship ruined … Wake up in the morning with a head like ‘what ya done?' Merengue. Lewis wrote once that the only place where we can be safe from the dangers of love is hell.. And why would we want to Written by Erich Bulling, John D'Andrea, and Michael Lloyd. After giving it deeper and even more introspective thought, I still don’t like praise dancing. "Oh, dear!" "It's a thing that happens to you. The model boat, who had lived through two seasons and lost most of his paint, caught the tone from them and never missed an opportunity of referring to his rigging in technical terms. Or: Once is not enough? And then he wished he had not said it, for he thought the Skin Horse might be sensitive. He didn't mind how he looked to other people, because the nursery magic had made him Real, and when you are Real shabbiness doesn't matter. Fox Trot. Released in 1962, it was Burke's second single to appear in both Billboard magazine's Hot R&B Sides and Hot 100 singles charts. It just happens. But there was no answer, only the little ants ran to and fro, and the bracken swayed gently where the two strangers had passed. Why I don't feel like dancing to Chris Brown's music By LZ Granderson , Special to CNN R&B musician Chris Brown tells Rolling Stone: "I'm sorry for what I did, whatever it is." The Rabbit could not claim to be a model of anything, for he didn't know that real rabbits existed; he thought they were all stuffed with sawdust like himself, and he understood that sawdust was quite out-of-date and should never be mentioned in modern circles. We carried on together for 11 years, and by the time it ended, it was too late. "You were Real to the Boy," the Fairy said, "because he loved you. Don't you feel like crying? 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. He seemed to see them all pass before him, each more beautiful than the other, the fairy huts in the flower-bed, the quiet evenings in the wood when he lay in the bracken and the little ants ran over his paws; the wonderful day when he first knew that he was Real. Even Timothy, the jointed wooden lion, who was made by the disabled soldiers, and should have had broader views, put on airs and pretended he was connected with "I've brought you a new playfellow," the Fairy said. She was quite the loveliest fairy in the whole world. The 28-year-old, along with Megan Thee Stallion, 26, oozed sexiness onstage Sunday as … Carole King (along with Gerry Goffin) wrote major hits for famous artists in the '60s, like "(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman" for Aretha … He mustn't have that any more!". "I take care of all the playthings that the children have loved. AJ: That was big, yeah. " For to-morrow he was going to the seaside, and that in itself was such a wonderful thing that he could think of nothing else. Don't you feel like crying? But he couldn't see it. Voila! He had the potatoes to dig and the green peas to gather, but next morning he promised to come quite early and burn the whole lot. Everything was arranged, and now it only remained to carry out the doctor's orders. It is not planned. It was a bright, sunny morning, and the windows stood wide open. NPR's Michel Martin speaks with poet Ayanna Albertson, whose videos have gone viral on TikTok, about what inspires her work. What? C'mon, c'mon, cry to me. That's why it doesn't happen often to people who break easily, or have sharp edges, or who have to be carefully kept. Album: Ta-Dah ( 2006) Charted: 1. And this one stretched out his neck and looked. They were rabbits like himself, but quite furry and brand-new. That night, and for many nights after, the Velveteen Rabbit slept in the Boy's bed. For when he saw all the wild rabbits dancing around him he suddenly remembered about his hind legs, and he didn't want them to see that he was made all in one piece. The EMF song "Unbelievable" samples the raunchy comic Andrew Dice Clay saying, "What the f--k was that! -O- All the forest was beautiful, and the fronds of the bracken shone like frosted silver. He and Beyoncé had started dating and the Texan songstress asked him to get on the song the night before she had to turn in her album. He loved him so hard that he loved all his whiskers off, and the pink lining to his ears turned grey, and his brown spots faded. "He hasn't got any hind legs!" When the little Rabbit heard that he was happy, for he knew that what the Skin Horse had said was true at last. It takes a long time. "You must have your old Bunny!" We used the phrase “becoming lovers” back in the 1950s – to become someone’s lover was a big step, whereas it isn’t now. the Boy dropped off to sleep, the Rabbit would snuggle down close under his little warm chin and dream, with the Boy's hands clasped close round him all night long. I know I am Real!". He was fat and bunchy, as a rabbit should be; his coat was spotted brown and white, he had real thread whiskers, and his ears were lined with pink sateen. The Boy sat up in bed and stretched out his hands. And what does KISS stand for anyway? "I'd rather sit still!" He thought of those long sunlit hours in the garden–how happy they were–and a great sadness came over him. "I suppose you are real?" The Boy was going to the seaside to-morrow. That night he was almost too happy to sleep, and so much love stirred in his little sawdust heart that it almost burst. And a tear, a real tear, trickled down his little shabby velvet nose and fell to the ground. Don't question it. Bridesmaids, Reservoir Dogs, Willy Wonka - just a few of the flicks where characters discuss specific songs, sometimes as a prelude to murder. Just key the music, and call the chorus girls, because we're on the edge—the razor's edge—and I feel like dancing. The strange rabbit stopped dancing, and came quite close. Written by Bob Crewe (uncredited) and Bob Gaudio (uncredited) Performed by Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons. Electricity (Billy Elliot) Lyrics: Can I just ask you, Billy / What does it feel like when you're dancing? And so time went on, and the little Rabbit was very happy–so happy that he never noticed how his beautiful velveteen fur was getting shabbier and shabbier, and his tail becoming unsewn, and all the pink rubbed off his nose where the Boy had kissed him. It was released on 17 January 2019 as the record's fourth single. He was naturally shy, and being only made of velveteen, some of the more expensive toys quite snubbed him. To him he was always beautiful, and that was all that the little Rabbit cared about. His face grew very flushed, and he talked in his sleep, and his little body was so hot that it burned the Rabbit when he held him close. There was a person called Nana who ruled the nursery. OR HOW TOYS BECOME REAL. Lyrics to 'I Don't Feel Like Dancin'' by Scissor Sisters. Real to every one.". 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.". You like cuttin' up and carrying on, you wear them gowns. Autumn passed and Winter, and in the Spring, when the days grew warm and sunny, the Boy went out to play in the wood behind the house. "That?" "To-morrow we shall go to the seaside!" said the furry rabbit. 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. They were evidently a new kind of rabbit altogether. They stared at him, and the little Rabbit stared back. "He isn't a rabbit at all! "I have got hind legs! Near by he could see the thicket of raspberry canes, And presently the fever turned, and the Boy got better. "Oh, do come back! thought the little Rabbit. He sat still in the bracken, and hoped that the other rabbits wouldn't notice. said the Rabbit. one of them asked. The reason? I actually made some weird friends along the way. "Fancy a rabbit without any hind legs!" And one day, they let him get up and dress. asked the little Rabbit. It was a long weary time, for the Boy was too ill to play, and the little Rabbit found it rather dull with nothing to do all day long. Finally, the Dirty Dancing script is here for all you quotes spouting fans of the movie starring Patrick Swayze and Jennifer Grey. And she kissed the little Rabbit again and put him down on the grass. The Rabbit didn't mind it so much, for wherever he was thrown he came down soft. Ya Ya - Lee Dorsey (#7 - 1961) Yah Mo B There - James Ingram (with Michael McDonald) (#19 - 1984) Yakety Sax - Boots Randolph (#35 - 1963) Yakety Yak - The Coasters (#1 - 1958) Yankee Rose - David Lee Roth (#16 - 1986) Yeah, Yeah, Yeah - Judson Spence (#32 - 1988) Year Of The Cat - Al Stewart (#8 … Adele isn't a ghost when she sings, "Hello from the other side" - it means the "other side of becoming an adult.". He gave one leap and the joy of using those hind legs was so great that he went springing about the turf on them, jumping sideways and whirling round as the others did, and he grew so excited that when at last he did stop to look for the Fairy she had gone. They sang about pink torpedoes and rocking you tonight tonight, but some real lyrics are just as ridiculous. Cardi B channeled her stripper past with some sexy pole dancing at the 2021 Grammys. Jay-Z did the rap on "Crazy In Love" at the last minute. "Why did they run away like that? "What is REAL?" HERE was once a velveteen rabbit, and in the beginning he was really splendid. from cried the little Rabbit. It was light now, for the moon had risen. Rush " was the theme song for the network. asked the furry rabbit. For a long time he lived in the toy cupboard or on the nursery floor, and no one thought very much about him. So how come I feel so lonely when you're up getting down? ", Cee-Lo Green sang backup on the 1994 TLC hit "Waterfalls.". he called out. Their feet padded softly on the ground, and they crept quite close to him, twitching their noses, while the Rabbit stared hard to see which side the clockwork stuck out, for he knew that people who jump generally have something to wind them up. And he might have sat there a long time, too shy to move, if just then something hadn't tickled his nose, and before he thought what he was doing he lifted his hind toe to scratch it. One evening, when the Boy was going to bed, he couldn't find the china dog that always slept with him. 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