At first light on a quiet misty lane in spring, a soft-coated cream crossbreed sniffs a dewy gatepost while a white woman in her fifties with dark hair stands still beside him listening, a blackbird singing on the gate.

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The Dawn Chorus

Most mornings begin with the alarm, a hunt for your keys and toast eaten over the sink. Then one spring day you wake early and open the back door. The light has barely started, and a blackbird is singing as if he’s being paid by the note. There’s a whole concert out there every morning, front-row seats, no queue, and you’ve been sleeping through it.

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