In a warm sitting room on a rainy day, with rain streaking the window, a small Yorkshire Terrier stands with both front paws on a cushion on the floor, looking up at an East Asian teenage boy who sits cross-legged beside her and holds out a treat, a mug of tea on the floor next to him.

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The Crossword

A wet Sunday. Rain on the windows, a pot of tea, and the crossword. One across won’t come, then it does, and three more fall with it. You look up and an hour has gone. You haven’t left the chair, and yet you feel pleasantly worn out, the way a good puzzle leaves you.

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