She was quite the loveliest fairy in the whole world. Her dress was of pearl and dewdrops, and there were flowers around her neck and in her hair, and her face was like the perfect flower of all. 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. "Little Rabbit," she asked, "don't you know who I am?" The Rabbit looked up at her, and it seemed to him that he had seen her face before, but he couldn't think where. "I am the nursery magic fairy," she said. "I take care of all the playthings that the children have loved. 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." "Wasn't I real before?" asked the little Rabbit. "You were real to the boy," the fairy said, "because he loved you. Now you shall be real to every one." "No, I don't want to be real if he'll die at the sight of my very eyes," little Rabbit said, "I would rather let him live than proving my existence to him, that I am real."
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The fairy failed to grant his wish, as it was beyond her abilities. As he found himself slowly getting covered in real fur, the boy started to slowly have his existence covered in permanent darkness. The boy's love made little Rabbit real, and his life was what made the toy realized that it needed not be real, yet the toy's mere presence was enough for him to keep going. Now, as a real sacrifice, little Rabbit decided to continue living for the sake of the boy's love. —Simeon Dominico
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Based on Theory of Love, a TV series adaptation directed by X Nuttapong Mongkolsawas & Film Pawis Sowsrion "What if Third has finally set his heart off Khai?"
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verything in my life is going smoothly.
I finally got the chance to go home after directing my first film, as I took a car home after the shoot. As I take footsteps towards my main door, a memory of an old dream strikes at me like a ray of sunlight in a summer morning. A man was wearing the same uniform I wore when I was in college. He was standing by the shore, and I was just behind him. I was staring at him before he had started walking towards the ocean. He was calling my name while his feet started to get soaked by the water. I felt shivers up my body as I heard him calling my name. So, I started following him while we were still ashore. Holding a necklace in his hand, the sunlight shone on him brightly, preventing me from seeing his face clearly. But, all I know is that I'm
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following him because of his voice. Just as I was about to clutch him by the hand, I began to hear his sobbing as he constantly called my name. “Third! Third! Third!” “Third! Hey, Third! Third!” My eyes widened as I quickly turned around to see Bone. He was one of the members of Savage Team, the one we built way back in college. We used to be the happiest team in the school, but everything changed when my heart got swallowed with sadness, making it unable to me to find joy from the people around me. When Khai confessed to me in the middle of the stage play we performed back in college, all I felt was grudge, hatred, and anger. It's like trying to pull yourself up back to that same old road where all you want to do is fall in love
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