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I was walking around in a Target store, when I saw a Cashier hand this little boy some money back.
" ?4 |, a# A& E: f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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The boy couldn ' t have been more than 5 or 6 years old. g3 I1 ?% C9 q* G4 ^% `
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這男孩不過5、6歲。2 I) \# l1 G1 `3 x
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" u- B# C3 U/ |. x6 R" yThe Cashier said, ' I ' m sorry, but you don ' t have enough money to buy this doll. '7 z3 q0 Z/ \6 Y4 e% @# p1 s
收銀員說:『抱歉!你買這娃娃的錢不夠。』- g9 z* c1 C- A
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Then the little boy turned to the old woman next to him: ' ' Granny,- V: _. {+ U4 B
are you sure I don ' t have enough money? ' '
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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. ' '
6 A! b" ^5 [; ~3 T老婦人回道:「親愛的!你知道買這個娃娃的錢是不夠的。」5 _' H- c4 O+ n* X; R, m+ u
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0 A: k1 F2 t- d3 j7 CThen she asked him to stay there for just 5 minutes while she went to look around. She left quickly.0 y3 W: W* d* e* o5 c+ q0 g
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.. E& b$ t: c- m& Y' g
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.
0 c% t) x( { G9 G. t2 J7 `最後我向他走去,問他這個娃娃你想給誰。 8 ~; p3 E5 I l* O& Y- h" S9 {0 D
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'It ' s the doll that my sister loved most and wanted so much for Christmas./ e5 W. t4 s8 N
『這是我妹妹的最愛,非常想要的聖誕節娃娃。# K, N# d, N' |- @
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She was sure that Santa Claus would bring it to her. '
5 r" ]- W( h7 z7 b9 X( p她一直認為聖誕老人會帶娃娃來給她的。」
0 H3 {( c/ v% U% uI replied to him that maybe Santa Claus would bring it to her after all, and not to worry./ @8 Z, |3 m7 u8 [1 s/ h/ }7 V5 h
我告訴他不用擔心,聖誕老人最後可能會帶給她的。: S2 W" w# m+ C- G" A
! \* e9 O1 F3 eBut 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. '2 I2 F) P4 Z- v% X5 B0 X& `
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。』3 T; Z3 t! T8 z* A
! C9 o I( _7 D; M. K, ]0 Q' l1 Y( {His 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. ' '6 C" W8 P- D2 V2 H; T# e) U/ C
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。』
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My heart nearly stopped.5 }' N' ~9 ^& ?# i& Z& L
我的心臟幾乎要停止了。
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# s$ }# v) r3 y# F9 l ?1 F3 w0 l, A4 L, TThe 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. '
. E4 h) ?' _4 Z# C- J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。』# U" A& O0 b8 M# C! n# o
" `: [9 D4 N( s; PThen 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. '9 K2 B& k! p2 z
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。』 R E, b' z! O9 ^8 D# i0 v- {
! |8 G6 c+ g- M. X'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. '- @3 S$ J. h {* \( Q) O5 h
『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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7 u+ s" p$ x# [* `Then he looked again at the doll with sad eyes, very quietly." f2 Y3 C! A9 h5 ]
然後他安靜地用哀傷的眼睛再看著娃娃。
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9 }2 k- z% f1 r' I( w3 MI 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! ' '; {; e* g5 d9 z0 q7 g8 c% c# A
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! 』8 H4 z% |, N( N c
9 J: p1 C4 L/ _4 v- ^5 L7 j'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.
6 I1 A- I2 j; a5 @- S/ w! p( t『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。" K! t% U6 v9 w% p2 y
) h( w. y( w' j' y$ |# s3 GThe little boy said: ' Thank you God for giving me enough money! '
W/ D* ?# [+ t; J9 [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! ' '8 H) L9 h! b- O: o% S! |
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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. W# m/ P" M& F' \'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. ' '
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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。』6 ?) D0 H1 c) B$ ]& \: q& h4 I
1 x) V/ f9 }5 k" v2 T'My mommy loves white roses. '
' v, q4 t2 K3 V9 F# l. u1 q" x『我媽媽喜歡白玫瑰』。
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A few minutes later, the old lady returned and I left with my basket.3 P( v7 \0 _# H8 B& G7 V
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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/ A+ c* R6 d0 L) m& u7 B8 EI finished my shopping in a totally different state of mind from when I started.
8 v& Y5 E9 h1 P; Z7 j我從一開始就在完全不同的心境下購物。
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I couldn ' t get the little boy out of my mind.( e# }) l" l( U
小男孩一直無法離開我的心境。+ R% `' t5 x( j, q& W* @
- a3 L# s8 B3 _* K' I: W6 UThen 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/ l5 E- H% i" t+ t" u
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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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The little girl died right away, and the mother was left in a critical" }. r9 x# O! t" a4 j# D+ |, h2 Q- e
state. The family had to decide whether to pull the plug on the
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" i' U+ |, \% ^8 i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
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Was this the family of the little boy?: ^1 n. e) O% u
他就是這家庭的小男孩?+ o" x" @, w: G" i0 J' n1 E& r3 O/ E# w
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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.& F+ ^& b: ~1 Y" v" R1 e
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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I 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.
$ C' W9 {) q2 m0 S. T4 }% b, g/ v$ @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.
$ ^. {) B( j; J/ ^! L. d4 K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。0 E1 o6 L1 ^: n5 Z3 x
1 f" f( Z, `! D- x: P, MI 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
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! z; o$ J5 o0 N6 f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。1 ]/ ~( S( A# r& B$ h
5 l' J) {7 D" a$ QAnd in a fraction of a second, a drunk driver had taken all this away from him.
% K* R |' b$ }( O q就在一轉眼工夫,一位醉酒司機奪去了他的所有。 |
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