Last night Ecuadors
Voice of the Andes presented a stange listen, normally broadcasting in Spanish only, they have a small (yet odd!) segment for people who are just learning or trying to learn English. Granted the actual topic seems rather typical for a radio broadcast (the belly button, and its unsubtle 'fluff'). Anyhow, it was read extremely slow and took a turn for the peculiar towards the end when this tale was told:
“[One] September I went alone on a canoe trip. On the very first day my canoe [boat] turned over in [the water] and I lost some of my equipment in the water. ... I lost all my [extra clothes]. So I knew I would have to wear the same [clothes] for the rest of the trip.
Six days later I was finally back home. The first thing I wanted to do was change clothes and [clean myself]. But when I took off my [shirt], to my amazement, I could see something sticking out of my belly button! I could not believe it; something was growing in there! [It was a small plant!]
... It was actually rooted in some [fluff]! I have never heard of anything like that in my whole life! Well, I guess that seed found everything it needed in my belly button: [fluff] as a [place to grow], [water] from my body sweat and [the river water] splashes, warmth from my body heat, and some sun-light through my loosely knit [shirt]. [I kept the small plant in a container. But,] it died a few days later.”
...Eh?
You can listen to it here:
The Belly Button