“She left here that day, left this room, and did not go back to her dwelling.
I was notified by the Speaker that she had gone directly to the Chief Elder and asked to be released.”
“But it’s against the rules! The Receiver-in-training can’t apply for rel—” “It’s in your rules, Jonas. But it wasn’t in hers.
She asked for release, and they had to give it to her. I never saw her again.”
So that was the failure, Jonas thought. It was obvious that it saddened The Giver very deeply.
But it didn’t seem such a terrible thing, after all.
And he, Jonas, would never have done it—never have requested release, no matter how difficult his training became.
The Giver needed a successor, and he had been chosen. A thought occurred to Jonas. Rosemary had been released very early in her training.
What if something happened to him, Jonas? He had a whole year’s worth of memories now.
“Giver,” he asked, “I can’t request release, I know that. But what if something happened: an accident?
What if I fell into the river like the little Four, Caleb, did?
Well, that doesn’t make sense because I’m a good swimmer. But what if I couldn’t swim, and fell into the river and was lost?
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