When they came back home, they couldnt believe it – a huge octopus usurpted their flat. From the upper floor, it has been sprawled over the staircase, so even the rest of things and residents upstairs have been swallowed up by this monster. Only with a great effort, ned manage to keep the creature out of the kitchen and children´s bedrooms… (free translation, Jules Verne, 20.000 Leagues Under the Sea)