動人心弦的小男孩 (Little Boy Touches Hearts)

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I was walking around in a Target store, when I saw a Cashier hand this little boy some money back.
我在「塔杰」商店閒逛時，看到收銀員將一些錢退還給小男孩。

The boy couldn ' t have been more than 5 or 6 years old.
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這男孩不過5、6歲。


The Cashier said, ' I ' m sorry, but you don ' t have enough money to buy this doll. '
收銀員說：『抱歉！你買這娃娃的錢不夠。』
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5 d: m% s2 t; w& q" Y7 UThen the little boy turned to the old woman next to him: ' ' Granny,
- h- L+ f6 Y: u6 _  a* mare you sure I don ' t have enough money? ' '
小男孩轉向他旁邊的老婦人：

「奶奶！妳也認為我的錢不 嗎？」

$ _1 g; b6 ?" c# ?The old lady replied: ' ' You know that you don ' t have enough money to buy this doll, my dear. ' '
) q+ k+ b" a  z& b: H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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8 S5 \4 s. _" M+ P7 a: hThen she asked him to stay there for just 5 minutes while she went to look around. She left quickly.
; A* I. m2 O/ G* r' B她要小男孩呆在那裡5分鐘，她一下就回來。 她迅速離開了。


The little boy was still holding the doll in his hand.
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.
最後我向他走去，問他這個娃娃你想給誰。
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- _' `4 Q6 K! I6 t2 r'It ' s the doll that my sister loved most and wanted so much for Christmas.
『這是我妹妹的最愛，非常想要的聖誕節娃娃。

! J9 d, e+ y, y! L, E7 |She was sure that Santa Claus would bring it to her. '
她一直認為聖誕老人會帶娃娃來給她的。」
I replied to him that maybe Santa Claus would bring it to her after all, and not to worry.
' v8 i$ F  @. y2 u( d7 v我告訴他不用擔心，聖誕老人最後可能會帶給她的。

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. '
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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% ^& C  v  o/ q9 p) _+ PHis 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. ' '
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.
% h+ j/ E, N4 v- \# T  h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. '
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。』

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. '
6 O$ c- G, ]/ Z0 l, t3 a7 @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。』

8 ^) T5 b* _) S& d" A6 r7 p, o'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. '
1 Y/ s/ l* {% d8 }# D: S  Z『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.
然後他安靜地用哀傷的眼睛再看著娃娃。
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- d) p; Z$ C. P: y6 z, F* @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! ' '
* `* S, P5 |' h8 o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! 』

'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.
. m3 y. ]+ O% b0 q1 _3 y8 G『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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The little boy said: ' Thank you God for giving me enough money! '
0 I7 H- O/ f% I+ K1 K, m1 Y小男孩說：『謝謝上帝給了我足 的錢!』

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! ' '
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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'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. ' '

9 g! `7 e1 E5 l2 D- C『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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4 J' t0 V& M* o' N, H+ O! p9 `'My mommy loves white roses. '
『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.
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( f0 S7 t0 f7 O& [, Q$ t6 vI finished my shopping in a totally different state of mind from when I started.
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I couldn ' t get the little boy out of my mind.
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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
woman and a little girl.
3 o( D% D' Z1 n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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! F0 F- w3 s2 [5 \The little girl died right away, and the mother was left in a critical
state. The family had to decide whether to pull the plug on the
life-sustaining machine, because the young woman would not be able to recover from the coma.
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2 i5 a, f: s# D( k* n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.
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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$ E: t9 K1 `$ ~% `9 NI 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.
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.
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 `1 T* M8 E- eI 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 t& Z3 @+ S& l, B  W4 U  Q- Ustill, to this day, hard to imagine.
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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& u! J& e- j9 l' PAnd in a fraction of a second, a drunk driver had taken all this away from him.
就在一轉眼工夫，一位醉酒司機奪去了他的所有。

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对自己负责。对别人负责，对社会负责，请勿酒后驾车。因为这个小男孩有可能成为你家的孩子。

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