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On a living-room rug in soft evening lamplight, a red-and-tan Australian Kelpie lies on her own mat with her chin on her paws and her eyes half closed, letting out a long, contented sigh, while a young South Asian man kneels beside her and quietly places a treat between her paws.

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The Whispered Yes

You’ve spent forty minutes rocking, shushing and pacing the landing. At last the breathing slows, the tiny fists uncurl, and the baby is asleep. Nobody punches the air. You whisper “yes”, back out on tiptoe, and close the door as if it were made of glass.

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