Mini Stories

The Umbrella Basket Thief

An office worker catches the person stealing his umbrellas and discovers a touching reason behind it.

B17 min

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1Every rainy season, Daniel lost at least three umbrellas at his office.

2He left them in the basket by the door, and they always disappeared.

3His colleagues joked that the building was eating his umbrellas.

4One Monday, Daniel wrote his name in big letters on a new umbrella.

5At six o'clock that evening, the new umbrella was gone again.

6Furious, he stayed late the next day and watched the basket from his desk.

7At closing time, he saw the cleaning lady take his umbrella quietly.

8Daniel followed her outside into the rain, ready to shout at her.

9She walked to the bus stop and gave the umbrella to a wet schoolboy.

10Then she opened her bag, which held three more umbrellas for other children.

11Daniel said nothing, and the next morning he bought five cheap umbrellas.

12He left them in the basket with a note that said, please take one.

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