females lost their braids at Ten, and males, too, relinquished their long childish hair
and took on the more manly short style which exposed their ears.
Laborers moved quickly to the stage with brooms and swept away the mounds of discarded hair.
Jonas could see the parents of the new Tens stir and murmur, and he knew that this evening, in many dwellings,
they would be snipping and straightening the hastily done haircuts, trimming them into a neater line.
Elevens. It seemed a short time ago that Jonas had undergone the Ceremony of Eleven,
but he remembered that it was not one of the more interesting ones.
By Eleven, one was only waiting to be Twelve. It was simply a marking of time with no meaningful changes.
There was new clothing: different undergarments for the females, whose bodies were beginning to change;
and longer trousers for the males, with a specially shaped pocket for the small calculator that they would use this year in school;
but those were simply presented in wrapped packages without an accompanying speech.
Break for midday meal. Jonas realized he was hungry.
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