The Widow's Cruise

The Widow Ducket lives a quiet, well-ordered life in a seaside village—until one summer afternoon when four old sailors arrive at her door, hungry for a meal and even hungrier for attention. Over tea, the sailors begin telling wild sea stories; each more outrageous than the last. Giant sharks frozen in icebergs? Whales drinking water to save ships? Obelisks knocking people into the ocean? But just when the old sailors think they’ve impressed their host, the calm and clever widow surprises everyone with a sea tale of her own. And it’s no ordinary tale. Her story is so unbelievable; it might actually be true. What exactly happened to the widow in that little rowboat during a terrible storm? Did she really calm the ocean with a can of kerosene? Can someone actually swim ashore by charging themselves with static electricity? Read this witty tale to discover how a quiet widow outsailed the sailors at their own game.