Kısa Hikâye / Short Stories

The man scolded his 3-year-old daughter for wasting an expensive gift wrapping paper.The little girl used a whole pack of gilded paper to wrap a box in a crooked shape. It was the man's birthday.The man was sitting in the living room of his house, watching TV. The little girl entered the hall with the package in her hand. The little girl handed the gift package to her father. "This gift is for you, daddy." said. The man was upset that he had scolded his daughter earlier. I wondered if she had overreacted to her daughter. He was ashamed of what he did the night before. However, when he opened the package, he was furious again. The box was empty inside. He shouted at his daughter again. "When you give someone a gift, there must be something in the box. You don't know that too, little lady?" The little girl looked at her father with tears in her eyes and said: "The box is not empty, father." "I stuffed the inside of the box with my ki...

In a forested area, hunters started chasing a fox. The fox approached a man gathering wood in the forest. He asked him to hide himself.  The man showed him his own hut. The fox went to the hut and hid in a corner. A little later, the hunters also came. They asked the lumberjack if he had seen the fox.Woodcutter:  He said "I have not seen". But he pointed to the hut with his finger. The hunters did not understand the man's sign. They believed the woodcutter's word and walked away. When the fox realized that they were gone, he came out of the hut.  The fox started walking away without saying anything to the lumberjack. The woodcutter was furious at this situation: He said, "Ungrateful animal! It is done like this? You owe your life to me. Won't you even say a thank you?"  The fox turned  ıt's head: "Is thank you? If your actions were as good as your words, I would thank you. I would thank you thousands of times and leave." it said...

A foreman has been working in a constructioncompany for 30 years. He was old now. He wantedto spend time with his wife and family and live freely. Of course, he would miss the high salary he received.  The foreman told his boss that he nowwants to retire. The boss was upset that thehardworking foreman wanted to leave. The bossasked the foreman to build one more house. The foreman agreed and started work. However, hisheart was not what he was doing. He did a sloppyworkmanship and used poor quality materials.  The foreman had done amazing work for 30 years.But the last house he built was very bad. Because theforeman made this last house reluctantly.When the foreman finished the job, the boss came to see the house.He handed the key to the house to the foreman. "I surprised you, this house is a gift to you for 30years of service you have done to our company." The foreman was shocked. How embarrassed he was! If only he knew that the house he was building was his own! Would he do i...

Members of the board of directors of one of the major manufacturing factories in America were reviewing the profit and loss accounts.The members of the board of directors found the salary of the factory manager too high.They decided to lower the factory manager's salary a little.The members of the board of directors chose two people among them.These two people will go to inspect the factory manager.After this inspection, a decision would be made about the factory manager. The delegation of two went to the factory quietly one morning and entered the factory manager's room. The view they saw was the following: The factory manager had a cup of coffee in his hand. He had his feet spread out on the table. He was busy spreading smiles. There were no files or documents in front of him. The delegation of two spoke with the factory manager for a while. They found that the factory manager was not busy at all during this time. The manager had just made a few simple phone calls. ...