My son crawled for the first time while I was away on exercises. I also missed Harry's first steps and was afraid an upcoming course would cause me to miss his first words. Each day, I called home and asked if he had spoken yet. The answer was always "no" until my wife said Harry had something to say to me. "Daddy, daddy," I heard over the phone, and glowed with pride. My wife came back on the line and said, "You should come home as soon as possible."

"Why?" I asked.

"Harry was speaking to the dog."

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