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I was walking around in a Target store, when I saw a Cashier hand this little boy some money back.3 o: i; m) j8 p" E
我在「塔杰」商店閒逛時,看到收銀員將一些錢退還給小男孩。
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/ j2 Z1 n+ _$ S. v5 `The boy couldn ' t have been more than 5 or 6 years old.
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* G' x3 @& F. B; r# d' T! I這男孩不過5、6歲。6 F! p' D1 f! U3 A0 U' w0 H) B$ Z
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5 K# M3 Z) P8 u' D6 b; P o6 f3 yThe Cashier said, ' I ' m sorry, but you don ' t have enough money to buy this doll. '
. p* W4 U4 n1 J& g0 S3 t7 L! q7 m* z收銀員說:『抱歉!你買這娃娃的錢不夠。』! `4 ?8 T) j. b4 {
( n9 I& a' y2 m3 F; eThen the little boy turned to the old woman next to him: ' ' Granny,
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$ K8 J r6 \* c+ M( Q* e+ L4 E' \小男孩轉向他旁邊的老婦人:
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「奶奶!妳也認為我的錢不 嗎?」
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The old lady replied: ' ' You know that you don ' t have enough money to buy this doll, my dear. ' '* _2 H+ P& \. l8 ?
老婦人回道:「親愛的!你知道買這個娃娃的錢是不夠的。」
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1 B5 w! _* Y; C, A: `Then she asked him to stay there for just 5 minutes while she went to look around. She left quickly.( Q$ f+ R% H6 t% a) h
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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* j" e+ I& m1 X& r& QThe little boy was still holding the doll in his hand.
+ ~$ r. k( U6 o6 ~! K小男孩的手仍然握著娃娃。 S7 Y* b+ ~' t# l6 p
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! t8 N, |- e% Z/ Q7 mFinally, I walked toward him and I asked him who he wished to give this doll to.
} X" p5 i$ `最後我向他走去,問他這個娃娃你想給誰。
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) I- X+ |0 `4 u% f. M/ U'It ' s the doll that my sister loved most and wanted so much for Christmas.4 P9 V {, _ H) o3 @$ v4 S8 q" `
『這是我妹妹的最愛,非常想要的聖誕節娃娃。
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5 [: r6 D& q. UShe was sure that Santa Claus would bring it to her. '
8 T" J& @ S9 Y7 v她一直認為聖誕老人會帶娃娃來給她的。」
1 ~: Z) I! p( l7 @6 nI replied to him that maybe Santa Claus would bring it to her after all, and not to worry.5 d4 m$ q! E6 [
我告訴他不用擔心,聖誕老人最後可能會帶給她的。' h! p2 M# x* ~5 t: l
1 V) T* c/ u5 q' a0 u% _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. '$ t3 f6 `* P6 q+ T( v3 g M( x: R
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。』
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9 z' v' L" e1 e$ BHis 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. ' '' E8 M" \; n( R3 s7 V
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。』1 f# ?! a1 t( d
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My heart nearly stopped.
& T" x9 O& _ K' [: D6 M ?/ ^7 ^我的心臟幾乎要停止了。
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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. '! P! ~1 n( G& n3 r; O$ _: v
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。』& m$ M5 a- O2 R `
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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. ', l5 v* u: Q1 [8 l7 h
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。』# z+ c# t. X$ f, L* l
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'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. '& F- q! @" ]' @2 D$ U+ 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。』$ f! `" v# S( j* [
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- V5 f" L; f D! wThen he looked again at the doll with sad eyes, very quietly.
8 t& m$ r! |4 f然後他安靜地用哀傷的眼睛再看著娃娃。
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& `% [) b# F+ h1 z8 QI 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! ' '6 ?% ~# G0 C3 }7 M
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! 』" j' k) g3 u2 O( p' ~- X
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'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.; n" Z+ D0 e* j: K
『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。
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( w) k' h% |: u% ]8 w( R$ D- xThe little boy said: ' Thank you God for giving me enough money! '- X) B: ?8 J+ k+ L) j
小男孩說:『謝謝上帝給了我足 的錢!』2 G/ R, m# Y5 N; b4 ^1 Q3 Y0 N
+ G/ K5 O( y7 X( \/ LThen 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! ' '
& a4 t% u3 C$ g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! 』
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. {/ I7 ~$ G' v5 G5 n& z i'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. ' '! F% X: c$ \ ?7 _) v9 P" u1 K
3 ]6 L" n, a2 T; p『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。』
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'My mommy loves white roses. '0 ^* C* I! t4 `8 f' R- D: j
『我媽媽喜歡白玫瑰』。 m+ ]# J2 T2 M- }9 ^. ^, A& R9 T
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A few minutes later, the old lady returned and I left with my basket.
3 T. C' S4 W* m# J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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I finished my shopping in a totally different state of mind from when I started.4 M( C3 a: U2 }3 o7 z b
我從一開始就在完全不同的心境下購物。1 N" ~- H( `- B* L+ p
5 z* o1 O' l! |. C5 G4 ~2 t1 _I couldn ' t get the little boy out of my mind.0 T9 j' E% q5 ~
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/ i8 u: h1 T. A+ V4 ~
woman and a little girl.
0 N1 l7 `2 B- H& E/ a" `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。, y- {7 [. W0 B/ m+ _4 E1 H
0 g* h( ^8 o) e: y- J `The little girl died right away, and the mother was left in a critical
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life-sustaining machine, because the young woman would not be able to recover from the coma.0 x) @+ Q b% A& } |$ M
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/ ?8 W0 `- }& U
,因為年輕少婦不可能從昏迷中恢復。* D2 R% Y) ^7 {, `
5 d& a/ s5 }$ a7 l. K2 nWas this the family of the little boy?$ F- I) w4 f! c/ T, H& V* J* ~
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.2 ^; A5 b$ x8 v) Y- h0 C
碰到小男孩的二天之後,我看了報紙年輕少婦過世了。0 X Y( x1 H- C8 Z
2 A6 V/ w- p7 N3 I wI 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.- q% J: h* M. \, p
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。7 M% b M1 S) M& X
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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.& r; [4 |% V6 M4 g! `2 B; C
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。
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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
3 G6 P1 I2 Q( U6 W/ }still, to this day, hard to imagine.
& U7 `; D* k& l2 `& X3 @+ G# v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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2 C" ^1 \7 m, Z3 U& `8 cAnd in a fraction of a second, a drunk driver had taken all this away from him.2 F& b( T3 y4 ^0 N; g0 z& ?
就在一轉眼工夫,一位醉酒司機奪去了他的所有。 |
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