The Giver

In Chapter Three, Jonas imagines Lily as a Speaker, which reminds him of an occasion when the Speaker reminded the male Elevens that snacks should be eaten rather than taken home. Knowing that the general announcement was nevertheless directed specifically at him, the remorseful Jonas returned the apple that he had taken and apologized to the Recreation Director. However, he remains puzzled by the incident, since he noticed a brief and inexplicable change in the apple's appearance as he and Asher were playing catch with it. Asher noticed nothing different about the apple, but for a moment, the apple had not been the same nondescript shade as his shirt. After he took the apple home to examine it, however, he saw nothing significant about it and returned it the next day, per the Speaker's orders.