This is the Happy Pod from the BBC World Service.

I'm Jackie Leonard and in this edition uploaded on Saturday, April the 13th.

Every night you can look up and see all the stars,

and if you keep looking, you see a shooting star.

We hear from a 105-year-old man who really appreciates the skies in

general and a total solar eclipse in particular. Also the phone app helping people

learn to read in the Horn of Africa. Now I can completely read. I'm more ambitious now. I feel I can do anything by myself.

South Africa welcomes a cheater born in captivity in Australia.

They first walk into the bushes, the longest walk they've ever done.

They've never seen so much space.

They've never seen these beautiful wild animals around them.

Also in this podcast. She ever has a germaness of Vlozkhi moacha.

Did you hear that?

Would you like me to speak Vlozsky now?

Yes, yes we would.

All coming up here on the Happy Pod.

And we begin with a moment of Celestial Wonder.

You might have heard it mentioned that on Monday a total solar eclipse

took place passing over Mexico and a strip of the USA to Canada. Darkness fell, birds,

insects and other creatures wondered what was going on, and humans gazed in all.

I don't want it to end.

It was really good.

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