A song and a butterfly

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I was teaching English to a French student using a song by Labi Siffre called "Make My Day" The student had to pick out as many English words as possible. We were sitting in my lounge and as Labi Siffre sang the words, "Butterfly flying by," A beautiful butterfly flew straight between us! Incroyable! I had never seen a butterfly in the house before and I have not seen one since. This occured on November 19th 2010 at about 2.30pm French time. (1.30pm UK). Dale, Normandy.
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