Short Story 1 (Kısa Hikaye 1)

WHAT IS A FAMILY?

A man came home from work late, tired and irritated, to find his 5-year-old son waiting for him at the door.

Son: "Daddy, may I ask you a question?"

Dad: "Yeah sure, what is it?" replied the man.

Son: "Daddy, how much do you make an hour?"

Dad: "That's none of your business. Why do you ask such a thing?" the man said angrily.

Son: "I just want to know. Please tell me, how much do you make an hour?"

Dad: "If you must know, I make $20 an hour."

"Oh," the little boy replied, with his head down. Looking up, he said, "Daddy, may I please borrow $10?"

The father was furious, "If the only reason you asked that is so you can borrow some money to buy a silly toy or some other nonsense, then you march yourself straight to your room and go to bed. Think about why you are being so selfish. I work hard everyday for such this childish behavior."

The little boy quietly went to his room and shut the door. The man sat down and started to get even angrier about the little boy's questions. How dare he ask such questions only to get some money? After about an hour or so, the man had calmed down, and started to think: Maybe there was something he really needed to buy with that $10 and he really didn't ask for money very often.

The man went to the door of the little boy's room and opened the door.

"Are you asleep, son?" He asked.

"No daddy, I'm awake," replied the boy.

"I've been thinking, maybe I was too hard on you earlier," said the man. "It's been a long day and I took out my aggravation on you. Here's the $10 you asked for."

The little boy sat straight up, smiling. "Oh, thank you daddy!" He yelled.

Then, reaching under his pillow he pulled out some crumpled up bills.

The man, seeing that the boy already had money, started to get angry again.

The little boy slowly counted out his money, and then looked up at his father.

"Why do you want more money if you already have some?" the father grumbled.

"Because I didn't have enough, but now I do," the little boy replied.

"Daddy, I have $20 now. Can I buy an hour of your time? Please come home early tomorrow. I would like to have dinner with you."

    

        Vocabulary

1. late (adv): geç
2. tired (adj): yorgun
3. irritated (adj): sinirli
4. wait (v) : beklemek 
5. at the door : kapıda
6. daddy (n) : babacığım
7. question (n) soru
8. Yeah : Evet
9. sure: tabii ki
10. reply (v) cevap vermek
11. man (n) adam
12. make an hour : bir saatlik para kazanmak
13. That's none of your business!: Sanane!, Seni ilgilendirmez!
14. such a thing : böyle bir şey 
15. angrily (adv) kızgınca
16. just (adv) sadece
17. want to know: bilmek istemek
18. Please: Lütfen 
19. tell (v) söylemek, anlatmak
20. how much: ne kadar 
21. the little boy: küçük çocuk 
22. head (n): baş, kafa
23. down (prep): aşağı
24. up (prep) : yukarı 
25. borrow (v): ödünç almak
26. furious (adj): kızgın
27. reason (n): sebep, neden
28. silly (adj): aptal
29. toy (n) oyuncak 
30. other : başka, diğer
31. nonsense (adj) saçma 
32. straight (adj) dosdoğru 
33. room (n) oda 
34. selfish (adj) bencil
35. hard (adv) sıkı bir şekilde 
36. everyday : her gün
37. childish (adj) çocuksu
38. behavior (n) davranış
39. quietly (adv) sessizce
40. shut (v) kapatmak
41. dare (v) cesaret etmek
42. calm down (phr. v): sakinleşmek
43. Maybe : Galiba, belki de
44. really (adv) gerçekten
45. need (v) ihtiyaç duymak 
46. buy (v) satın almak
47. awake (adj) uyanık
48. aggravation (n) kızgınlık, sinir 
49. ask for (phr. v): istemek
50. smile (v): gülümsemek
51. pillow (n) yastık 
52. again (adv) tekrar
53. slowly (adv) yavaşça 
54. then (adv) sonra
55. count (v) saymak
56. enough : yeterli
57. already (adv) zaten
58. early (adv) erken
59. tomorrow (adv) yarın
60. dinner (n) akşam yemeği

FAMILY  =  FATHER  AND  MOTHER,  I  LOVE  YOU!