YOU SAID:
Once upon a time there was an evil squid.
INTO JAPANESE
昔々、邪悪なイカがあった。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
Once upon a time, was an evil squid.
INTO JAPANESE
昔々、邪悪なイカだった
BACK INTO ENGLISH
Once upon a time, it was an evil squid
INTO JAPANESE
むかしむかし、それは邪悪なイカだった
BACK INTO ENGLISH
Once upon a time, it was an evil squid
That didn't even make that much sense in English.