Butterfly

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"Miss May." my head snapped forward and eyes locked with the obviously irritated teacher. "Oh! Sorry, uh, Mr Brown." "Nice Ella, daydreaming again?" whispered Felix. "You are one frustrating brother." I shot back. "Now that I have your attention..." Mr Brown droned on. I looked back out the window, it was a beautiful day and I couldn't wait to go outside. I fixed my attention back to the butterfly walking on the windowsill, I'd never seen anything like it. It was a deep red with black and white spots all over it's large wings. It was quite big, almost the size of my hand. It seemed like it wanted to get inside and I wanted so badly to hold it. Mesmerized, my hand began to rise and drifted slowly towards the window. I started to push it up, my heart beating loudly, when suddenly... "Bbbzzzzzzzzztttttt!" I jumped as the bell rang. I quickly looked back at the butterfly, but it was gone.

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