{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/68a38e07457a24bb950853fc/68a38e2073bf5b629838bb34?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"The Widow's Cruise–a Classic Short Story by Frank Stockton","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/68a38e07457a24bb950853fc/9373a46d4ca1f38501ea17084f84b1ba.jpg?height=200","description":"We have been sharing stories with each other since the beginning of time. On occasion these tales have been known to grow a bit tall, as was the case when four elderly seamen spent an evening with a widow sharing a variety of yarns each one wilder than the next. Then the wood adds a tale of her own.<br><br>Frank Stockton was a 19th century author and humorist with an uncanny knack for poking fun a human failings. One of his most famous stories was \"The Lady or the Tiger.\"<p> </p>","author_name":"Short Storyverses"}