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I was walking around in a Target store, when I saw a Cashier hand this little boy some money back.) W! S+ X- H) z& ^* }) j: e! D
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.* V$ O0 K; ], G, N% K5 c; a
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2 y% Z2 [8 A2 J1 @; }The Cashier said, ' I ' m sorry, but you don ' t have enough money to buy this doll. '3 R8 Q4 [# N6 m7 T
收銀員說：『抱歉！你買這娃娃的錢不夠。』
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Then the little boy turned to the old woman next to him: ' ' Granny,+ [. f+ V2 L" [! ]7 T2 O1 r
are you sure I don ' t have enough money? ' '. h- a7 l( N/ W
小男孩轉向他旁邊的老婦人：2 K. V0 j( Y9 U0 K5 _
2 `' M9 a* z* l) a「奶奶！妳也認為我的錢不 嗎？」$ M+ C$ T0 H/ b: r" Y
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The old lady replied: ' ' You know that you don ' t have enough money to buy this doll, my dear. ' '8 X+ O3 C& Q" S/ P1 @) V1 i
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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) x* w% g$ F1 O0 a2 DThen she asked him to stay there for just 5 minutes while she went to look around. She left quickly.
2 e" h% w, X* @" y5 l她要小男孩呆在那裡5分鐘，她一下就回來。 她迅速離開了。# ~0 t. h1 X* U# |2 [ M. S
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The little boy was still holding the doll in his hand.
+ _" |0 w' p. t: q! d+ k小男孩的手仍然握著娃娃。
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1 G# {- W. S" U5 LFinally, I walked toward him and I asked him who he wished to give this doll to.) b# ^" O* Q# c j/ f! _
最後我向他走去，問他這個娃娃你想給誰。
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5 M4 T( m( @- A d) i) J'It ' s the doll that my sister loved most and wanted so much for Christmas.' P; a: I/ }8 U8 Q% c; v
『這是我妹妹的最愛，非常想要的聖誕節娃娃。
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8 W7 C* B2 l: H# K" S" Z5 l" XShe was sure that Santa Claus would bring it to her. '
! x0 d" k8 d' w她一直認為聖誕老人會帶娃娃來給她的。」2 Y+ y9 s# ~. t5 s
I replied to him that maybe Santa Claus would bring it to her after all, and not to worry.
+ r3 n9 M) F5 X" ^我告訴他不用擔心，聖誕老人最後可能會帶給她的。 S! Z( }+ M/ b9 i; j
; S% K' [: h! }' _7 lBut 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. '& t- P, N# U1 _
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。』. f& m7 M+ V' R$ D" \7 ^
5 I' |3 n0 n( oHis 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 s: O* d( c' Q4 U& 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。』0 R7 x* `7 c7 j# \* K
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My heart nearly stopped.
4 h! X5 t% f, A0 c我的心臟幾乎要停止了。% M; f0 `: ~8 q' v5 |
2 d1 R, \- H: x+ n K7 I) w( n1 ?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 ~) b$ a% }1 J- t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。』
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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. '
. \3 X1 o& I; z$ x: f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。』
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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. '* n! k* q7 U, @3 K# ~
『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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Then he looked again at the doll with sad eyes, very quietly.1 ]" j' N9 `* e+ G( h- O9 \
然後他安靜地用哀傷的眼睛再看著娃娃。
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4 a' y7 |. q& T) j+ g/ F% M# ?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! ' '
2 Z4 m$ B: M8 _+ ~8 F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! 』+ S& O+ x) o8 R& s% m b, M
9 [+ l* H/ T5 K' j+ Z1 ~4 F; _' z0 k'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.
- }+ R% D9 [2 T; `% J- i『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。4 f- O0 I! }. G p/ t
' A% r; a- D, m' q8 ]The little boy said: ' Thank you God for giving me enough money! '
5 \; ]! |2 M0 @7 B% ^小男孩說：『謝謝上帝給了我足 的錢!』
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, R. o/ ^# O- { p& N3 Z% vThen 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! ' '
1 ~6 Y x6 g- C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! 』7 \( ^$ f- K* F$ L4 |. Z* g
) g; c3 ]5 F$ B \# 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. ' '
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: K M/ J! k, b& B: d『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. '
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5 F8 ~" G; q% A) L* {/ mA few minutes later, the old lady returned and I left with my basket.' ?4 p& o1 X% E7 E5 Z: ^
幾分鐘後，老婦人回來了。我也就提了購物籃離開了。0 V. ?8 Y! u/ y# R# E, p
# h. p. k* ]! K. j q! G9 Z+ cI finished my shopping in a totally different state of mind from when I started.- e4 F2 _& j; f0 Y& e
我從一開始就在完全不同的心境下購物。
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) K8 z$ R$ H8 G3 y3 RI couldn ' t get the little boy out of my mind.
) Q, Y1 _/ M I3 u/ F, C小男孩一直無法離開我的心境。
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# J1 i$ T. c( B: p& x+ P$ mThen 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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, D1 x, w$ s. b- d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
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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" d) @$ Y, ^2 w' X" N
，因為年輕少婦不可能從昏迷中恢復。
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( ]4 v9 U2 O5 x rWas this the family of the little boy?& W: c. I; e! b6 i& i
他就是這家庭的小男孩？% j+ @9 q. k+ w5 B) B
5 l2 S9 Y) K! `9 v" o, c+ `% DTwo days after this encounter with the little boy, I read in the news paper that the young woman had passed away." L/ S8 C9 s$ z: [5 D1 G
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.8 w1 B. {, i. a4 `
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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* R& f0 H% C% `3 NShe 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.
" G4 h8 l4 E0 P, J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。8 F1 z5 f& r: t. I3 w8 {! }
& Q" X2 J; A8 S- J- \, 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
2 X- _5 c" l q F+ s0 wstill, to this day, hard to imagine.
% M! X6 I* x2 \/ s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。/ E, s% T7 {: @$ X1 ?' L
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And in a fraction of a second, a drunk driver had taken all this away from him.
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