But I think I can guess how it’s happening with you. Let me just make a little test, to confirm my guess. Lie down.”
Jonas lay on the bed again with his hands at his sides. He felt comfortable here now.
He closed his eyes and waited for the familiar feel of The Giver’s hands on his back.
But it didn’t come. Instead, The Giver instructed him, “Call back the memory of the ride on the sled.
Just the beginning of it, where you’re at the top of the hill, before the slide starts.
And this time, look down at the sled.” Jonas was puzzled. He opened his eyes.
“Excuse me,” he asked politely, “but don’t you have to give me the memory?”
“It’s your memory, now. It’s not mine to experience any longer. I gave it away.”
“But how can I call it back?” “You can remember last year, or the year that you were a Seven, or a Five, can’t you?”
“Of course.” “It’s much the same. Everyone in the community has one-generation memories like those.
But now you will be able to go back farther. Try. Just concentrate.”
Jonas closed his eyes again. He took a deep breath and sought the sled and the hill and the snow in his consciousness.
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