Previously in this series: The Runaway Bunny. THERE was once a velveteen rabbit, and in the beginning he was really splendid. Later he was different, but this was the beginning. 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. It was Christmas, and the Rabbit was awake for the first time, and…