When they got back home, they couldn´t believe their own eyes – a huge octopussy had usurped their flat. From the upper floor, it had sprawled over the staircase so that even the rest of the things and the residents upstairs had been swallowed by this monster. Only with great efforts did Ned manage to keep the creature out of the kitchen and the childrens´ bedrooms … (Free translation, Jules Verne: „20.000 Leagues Under The Sea“)