Beware the scrap of paper on the floor
8·Jun·08
Sounds like an ancient Chinese proverb: “beware scrap of paper on floor, could be butterfly.”
Ummm…. it’d be a pretty crap proverb I grant you, but it’d certainly resonate well with our situation at the moment..
Walking into our downstairs loo earlier in the week, I spotted what seemed like a scrap of yellow paper on the floor and casually tapped it with my foot (hoping to achieve what? I don’t know…) Turns out it’s a butterfly (or maybe a really big moth – hard to tell these days?!)
We’ve been watching it all week, with regular reports on its health and well-being –
“Is it still there?”
“Yes”
Etc.
It’s quite an unassuming little thing. Flickers its wings a bit. Looks moody and interesting when being photographed. Doesn’t fly. At all.
It’s a slow news week.
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