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I was walking around in a Target store, when I saw a Cashier hand this little boy some money back.
$ Y) i- m7 D) [/ n# Y i" o我在「塔杰」商店閒逛時,看到收銀員將一些錢退還給小男孩。# S% R6 T* d9 ~3 O9 P
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The boy couldn ' t have been more than 5 or 6 years old.. r2 ]; P! x6 d: x" I3 G* v! ^
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3 U1 H. q/ T) x4 t6 T" E$ t* DThe Cashier said, ' I ' m sorry, but you don ' t have enough money to buy this doll. ': V( S7 n8 _- h3 _& d$ G! w
收銀員說:『抱歉!你買這娃娃的錢不夠。』
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+ s e; t) A( a$ BThen the little boy turned to the old woman next to him: ' ' Granny,
, W& V; b @' [( W. W2 _" ^3 @% Eare you sure I don ' t have enough money? ' '
0 I P9 G {! W$ ?小男孩轉向他旁邊的老婦人:, \; A. X+ i& M3 B) d1 l( M
" w$ l, O: B( q* ?4 ^「奶奶!妳也認為我的錢不 嗎?」( ]- x6 E( l* w. Y3 v( j3 h
# V9 o" L8 k/ u& J3 s. G1 D) RThe old lady replied: ' ' You know that you don ' t have enough money to buy this doll, my dear. ' '0 l2 D4 K8 K# [) ~
老婦人回道:「親愛的!你知道買這個娃娃的錢是不夠的。」! }( L0 L3 ^, f/ F0 A
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9 @. G! l/ O2 X7 I- C1 X2 BThen she asked him to stay there for just 5 minutes while she went to look around. She left quickly.9 H3 Y5 |1 D: Q |
她要小男孩呆在那裡5分鐘,她一下就回來。 她迅速離開了。
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The little boy was still holding the doll in his hand.3 l5 p- {7 ^+ h U+ Z5 D. G. Z
小男孩的手仍然握著娃娃。
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Finally, I walked toward him and I asked him who he wished to give this doll to.
9 W/ O0 H4 Z: c最後我向他走去,問他這個娃娃你想給誰。
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/ `, O; F, {& M'It ' s the doll that my sister loved most and wanted so much for Christmas. V! b3 @2 R) H+ @6 T" q: J5 s
『這是我妹妹的最愛,非常想要的聖誕節娃娃。% T. q6 {/ C ?5 q0 O
+ k8 i! q: S2 ~She was sure that Santa Claus would bring it to her. '
% F) L4 @: K8 d& |. ]她一直認為聖誕老人會帶娃娃來給她的。」
: D5 l5 p9 x) E3 J9 P# q1 ZI replied to him that maybe Santa Claus would bring it to her after all, and not to worry." o8 O K$ W7 c* o6 ]
我告訴他不用擔心,聖誕老人最後可能會帶給她的。
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But he replied to me sadly. ' No, Santa Claus can ' t bring it to her where she is now. I have to give the doll to my mommy so that she can give it to my sister when she goes there. '
% |# S! G9 y' k: p但他哀傷地回答我『不!聖誕老人不可能將它帶到她現在的地方給她。我必須將娃娃交給我媽,當她去那裡的時候可以給我妹妹。』0 t" s! ] Y' v! |4 I
/ Y( _8 P2 p; X1 ?9 v+ CHis eyes were so sad while saying this. ' My Sister has gone to be with God. Daddy says that Mommy is going to see God very soon too, so I thought that she could take the doll with her to give it to my sister. ' '+ q7 A7 G$ ^8 q( u3 k# z* q' `, |
他說話時的眼睛是哀傷的。『我妹妹已經和上帝在一起。爸爸說 媽媽很快也將要去見上帝,因此我認為她可以將娃娃帶給我妹妹。』9 Y+ s- [9 p4 Z1 s
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0 s0 _2 p( t% A: b1 a( wMy heart nearly stopped.( k3 F! ^& q4 b' }3 u$ t
我的心臟幾乎要停止了。7 k9 u- K0 B0 Z. C# M
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The little boy looked up at me and said: ' I told daddy to tell mommy not to go yet. I need her to wait until I come back from the mall. '6 y1 i* {4 [! l0 w9 b/ e
小男孩看我說:『我叫爸爸告訴媽媽現在不要走,讓她等我從購物中心回來。』* g( \0 _3 W. ?, c
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Then he showed me a very nice photo of himself. He was laughing. He then told me ' I want mommy to take my picture with her so she won ' t forget me. '
% D2 b2 D7 N2 N: c& s然後他拿出一張他自己非常漂亮的相片給我看。他笑著告訴我『我要媽媽帶著我的相片,這樣她就不會忘記我了。』. h% B; r. S. g) N7 y: E
8 \7 S6 W' s9 a8 y' t0 g'I love my mommy and I wish she didn ' t have to leave me, but daddy says that she has to go to be with my little sister. ') u/ L; G2 S( q8 T# N+ f
『我愛我的媽媽,我希望她不要離開我,但是爸爸說她必須去找我妹妹。』
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* o2 ^) k, u! Z9 h1 BThen he looked again at the doll with sad eyes, very quietly.
- K2 l9 b; }; V然後他安靜地用哀傷的眼睛再看著娃娃。2 J1 [- y: M" ^& q Y- z) Y: i
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I quickly reached for my wallet and said to the boy. ' Suppose we check again, just in case you do have enough money for the doll! ' '
/ V2 \1 w( s8 s我趕緊摸著錢包對小男孩說『我們再檢查一下,說不定您有足夠的錢買玩偶! 』
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6 A* g; I' U( c* U' g& f2 w'OK ' he said, ' I hope I do have enough. ' I added some of my money to his without him seeing and we started to count it. There was enough for the doll and even some spare money.
5 f( b Z1 H1 w: P0 B ^7 i! r『好呀!』他說『我希望有足夠的錢』。沒讓他看見,我塞了一些錢到他的錢包中,我們開始數錢。買娃娃的錢足 了,甚之還有剩餘呢。- P$ J) d9 u' M' u8 y# ~
) V4 K+ a8 g- V' e$ YThe little boy said: ' Thank you God for giving me enough money! '! r) I5 D @5 \' ?1 d) J0 b7 w% M
小男孩說:『謝謝上帝給了我足 的錢!』
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Then he looked at me and added, ' I asked last night before I went to sleep for God to make sure I had enough money to buy this doll, so that mommy could give it to my sister. He heard me! ' '
. r1 M+ }9 S, O/ c) p6 W然而他看著我補充說『昨晚睡前,我要求上帝讓我的錢能足夠買這個娃娃,因此媽媽能將它帶給我妹妹。祂聽見我了! 』% ~8 h" Z8 ?. _$ o
# t' t2 `0 L* o' e7 l'I also wanted to have enough money to buy a white rose for my mommy, but I didn ' t dare to ask God for too much. But He gave me enough to buy the doll and a white rose. ' ', P) D) L6 n @/ d' i* \8 U
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『我也想有足夠的錢買一朵白玫瑰給我媽媽,但我不敢要求上帝太多。但祂給的錢足 買娃娃和一朵白玫瑰了。』( _4 f/ h: {, Q+ ]% A
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'My mommy loves white roses. '
/ U6 F" R ?! f6 x『我媽媽喜歡白玫瑰』。
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( l- _; V/ V6 M/ [9 |# B. X) ]A few minutes later, the old lady returned and I left with my basket.
2 Z/ Q I) S7 y# |2 ]0 z幾分鐘後,老婦人回來了。我也就提了購物籃離開了。
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. `" z' H0 K" z, k; {3 A; L; VI finished my shopping in a totally different state of mind from when I started.# _ Z. Y. V2 o
我從一開始就在完全不同的心境下購物。" F! |- p7 w* r! \. W3 P3 h) W! V
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I couldn ' t get the little boy out of my mind./ t4 F& O0 `' ^% j: o, @! {
小男孩一直無法離開我的心境。
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Then I remembered a local news paper article two days ago, which mentioned a drunk man in a truck, who hit a car occupied by a young
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我想起兩天前當地報紙的一篇文章,提及一位醉酒卡車司機,撞上了一輛載著年輕少婦和一個小女孩的汽車。
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state. The family had to decide whether to pull the plug on the. \ h9 X5 b4 y: X0 n* H/ _
life-sustaining machine, because the young woman would not be able to recover from the coma.( \2 ]: \; G: D; P. i& @8 F
小女孩當場死亡,母親呈現彌留狀態。 這個家庭必須決定是否要拔出維持生命機器的插管
2 B1 s' b4 X- U+ A,因為年輕少婦不可能從昏迷中恢復。
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Was this the family of the little boy?
/ Y6 T/ ^8 k2 p, N( t6 h+ f* r他就是這家庭的小男孩?
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Two days after this encounter with the little boy, I read in the news paper that the young woman had passed away.
! d n; [$ z- o+ c碰到小男孩的二天之後,我看了報紙年輕少婦過世了。
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% D4 a! Z: S& o, O) g5 TI couldn ' t stop myself as I bought a bunch of white roses and I went to the funeral home where the body of the young woman was for people to see and make last wishes before her burial.( R3 {. E8 r# l: }$ _+ V& d1 k4 r% R b
我不自主的買了一束白玫瑰,來到喪家,年輕少婦的遺體在她埋葬前讓人瞻仰與最後許願。
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She was there, in her coffin, holding a beautiful white rose in her hand with the photo of the little boy and the doll placed over her chest.' J% E2 t4 \! e5 Z7 D3 e
她在那裡,裝在棺木中,在她的手中握著一朵白玫瑰和小男孩的相片,娃娃則放置在她的胸口。) U( J; F2 l9 F" v9 x4 r
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I left the place, teary-eyed, feeling that my life had been changed for ever.. The love that the little boy had for his mother and his sister is
+ C( A( n8 k& ?4 g, `# ystill, to this day, hard to imagine.
~8 O/ u. w% Q8 [' e我離開了這裡,眼淚奪眶而出,覺得我的人生已經永遠改變了。至今,小男孩對他母親和妹妹的愛,仍然難以想像。
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And in a fraction of a second, a drunk driver had taken all this away from him.7 Q! N2 o% ^, Q$ k0 U# L
就在一轉眼工夫,一位醉酒司機奪去了他的所有。 |
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