(Mid Level-Advanced) The Happy Prince by Oscar Wilde

HIGH above the city, on a tall column, stood the statue of the Happy Prince. He was gilded all over with thin leaves of fine gold, for eyes he had two bright sapphires, and a large red ruby glowed on his sword-hilt. He was very much admired indeed.

Listen:

The Happy Prince

(Any Level) Shifting tides of humanity

Watch and be amazed:

Map of Europe: 1000 AD to present day

(Any Level) Where's the Octopus?

When marine biologist Roger Hanlon captured the scene in this video he started screaming.  Hanlon, senior scientist at the Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole, studies camouflage in cephalopods - squid, cuttlefish and octopus. They are masters of optical illusion.

Where's the octopus?