Eating the apple defied God but brought knowledge of good and evil – such as that they shouldn’t have eaten the apple. So putting it in the garden was either a cruel booby-trap or a parent pushing them out of the nest. Either way, I’m eating that apple!
Not to worry – the recycler will probably reject him. I know how careful you are supposed to be about using pronouns, but it feels wrong to refer to Oldbot as “it”.
My wife feeds birds. When their feeders are empty, they come on the front porch and stare in through the screen door at her.