The theme of our research (the variation of the temporal rhythm in the stories of Yehia El Tahir Abdullah Short, "Three Big Trees," and "The Tambourine and the Box") is an example of the rhythm and its nature in the short story to identify the characteristics of the short story in terms of speeding up narration and slowing it down. For the stories of YahyaTaher Abdullah short because it is distinct stories with a structured structure and deep meanings through which