The Velveteen Rabbit

78 min

On Christmas morning the boy found him sitting in the top of his stocking with a sprig of holly held between his paws. He was a very fine thing to find. His coat was velveteen, brown and white in patches, and it still had the deep new nap that no hand had yet stroked the wrong way.

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Maya Hart
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Maya Hart
Tender, reassuring, steady

Tender and reassuring, steady when things aren't, present and calm without ever overpromising.

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About this session

The Velveteen Rabbit is a sleep story from Salūs, a long bedtime story for adults, read slowly at a bedtime pace by Maya Hart.

Salūs is an ad-free sleep and meditation app for iOS and Android, hundreds of guided sessions, long bedtime stories for adults and 325 free sleep sounds. Hear the full session with a 7-day free trial. Every session is signed off by our BSc (Hons) & MSc Psychology team.