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Jonas is about to turn 12 years old, meaning he will learn what the
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Start: Father: When I was an Eleven, as you are, Jonas, there wasn’t the suspense there is for your Ceremony of Twelve. I was already fairly certain what assignment the Council of Elders was going to give me.
Jonas: How? It’s a secret—
Mother: Yes, how’d you know?
[... …]
End: Mother: Good changes, though. After my ceremony, when I entered my training for Law and Justice, I found myself with new friends who shared my interests—
Jonas: Did you still play after Twelve?
Father: I still do! Every day in the Nurturing Center. Peek-a-Boo, Hug the Teddy. Fun doesn’t end when you become Twelve.
Citation: Eric Coble, The Giver, Dramatic Publishing Company, 2016, pp. 10-12.
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