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I was walking around in a Target store, when I saw a Cashier hand this little boy some money back.9 z' @" f! n3 j8 s0 T( B
我在「塔杰」商店閒逛時,看到收銀員將一些錢退還給小男孩。+ }8 ?6 G9 c( H" ]1 `. i/ o, J
) {) w8 L) ]; I: K7 ?The boy couldn ' t have been more than 5 or 6 years old. q6 }' G9 h i
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這男孩不過5、6歲。
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^' R: r N# |% b# mThe Cashier said, ' I ' m sorry, but you don ' t have enough money to buy this doll. '( a( O) v2 l+ {9 w
收銀員說:『抱歉!你買這娃娃的錢不夠。』
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2 G" L. b) V: l' R y" X9 A+ MThen the little boy turned to the old woman next to him: ' ' Granny,
9 T# _$ {9 S9 Q# h' ]- H4 bare you sure I don ' t have enough money? ' '
% d% g4 I, Y5 r6 W; ~5 J$ C小男孩轉向他旁邊的老婦人: O+ F# v; D& \0 h% r
/ r6 [, e- U3 n「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. ' '& x: p- y( a9 g; E* A7 k
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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Then she asked him to stay there for just 5 minutes while she went to look around. She left quickly.: }$ J# w p! N
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.2 b3 w0 M, t+ a: g
小男孩的手仍然握著娃娃。
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2 L9 G% d0 }5 B5 h, d, UFinally, I walked toward him and I asked him who he wished to give this doll to.
+ ~) N+ g, _. H0 w最後我向他走去,問他這個娃娃你想給誰。
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'It ' s the doll that my sister loved most and wanted so much for Christmas.2 M) r' E4 m. q
『這是我妹妹的最愛,非常想要的聖誕節娃娃。+ X7 h8 O4 e8 L
% }' |$ Q! `9 }- f' lShe was sure that Santa Claus would bring it to her. '1 Y3 R+ T; E5 k
她一直認為聖誕老人會帶娃娃來給她的。」
' E9 A4 @+ o. w C N0 ?I replied to him that maybe Santa Claus would bring it to her after all, and not to worry.1 S0 d0 e' L7 L" s
我告訴他不用擔心,聖誕老人最後可能會帶給她的。% I G% q' P% S- K
* C0 U- P/ k& R# n7 n8 NBut 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. '
& a! N! c, ~: R, G" s) o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 z% Q1 m% a* l' g- ]
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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. ' '; j) Z% _" _0 B* F+ f
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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8 c- Z+ K! x4 E0 e$ |My heart nearly stopped.+ f( V- w( D j3 K& l n" {
我的心臟幾乎要停止了。0 [ y7 k- P% R2 e
7 y9 m. p- {: X+ ], {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. '
g G9 C: h+ o3 ~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。』9 t6 g2 g! @* p z; M7 ^
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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. '
& y: M- r Z4 H. c- e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。』: D; U; ?0 ?. ^3 N
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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. '
: d( D* M/ q6 p9 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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" s9 C! @! l; u% VThen he looked again at the doll with sad eyes, very quietly.6 Y: |' E+ f2 r3 ~" W3 [
然後他安靜地用哀傷的眼睛再看著娃娃。
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! |+ Y5 h" o/ \9 sI 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! ' '
# p) X4 e, e; E3 @+ n/ Y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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'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.# S5 x7 w$ l- ~2 d: Q
『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! '
, E" L9 w3 ?# Q; d小男孩說:『謝謝上帝給了我足 的錢!』/ p; ^" K7 U6 ^) Q" Y) {1 k* V
I( I5 G/ E; a* z3 _ bThen 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! ' '
- Z' w+ c4 h4 t4 f" R. a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. ' '/ K- H" c7 n7 G1 k+ D/ X0 B
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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。』
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! e* R- a. a; h! a6 x2 |* _'My mommy loves white roses. '. N9 O) q8 `1 u. |) b! d. E/ K' {6 O
『我媽媽喜歡白玫瑰』。
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& V8 s6 ^$ ~% T# q/ j! J1 EA few minutes later, the old lady returned and I left with my basket.+ Q% q& |3 }; Z$ V- 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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I finished my shopping in a totally different state of mind from when I started.$ \! \; e7 _4 G
我從一開始就在完全不同的心境下購物。7 i$ _+ H: N3 ?2 m4 ]: L. c
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I couldn ' t get the little boy out of my mind.7 f9 a2 G) d! e- s
小男孩一直無法離開我的心境。" C8 d. w$ W3 ~4 ?
; Y6 d2 W; h: e0 O/ K/ x: DThen 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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& \, {1 B& d3 D; M5 P3 r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# F2 g M% J; P3 j! T! e
state. The family had to decide whether to pull the plug on the
- J1 f0 v# @( w5 ulife-sustaining machine, because the young woman would not be able to recover from the coma.4 p+ O2 l5 b: ~+ F8 Y9 h' K3 Q
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0 ?/ L0 L- _: t/ m: S' x4 P
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; z9 w4 L3 i1 u: CWas this the family of the little boy?$ J4 i- o, b; F1 a0 d# v9 Y: a
他就是這家庭的小男孩?$ G7 ^% H/ j# u9 l7 ^8 D
5 q7 r7 x0 @2 R1 o: kTwo days after this encounter with the little boy, I read in the news paper that the young woman had passed away.
! F- ^- l( k7 w* W; K" a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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/ G' |: M) h g9 x8 I; SI 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.& l9 A0 I+ \1 ^ B7 f, v5 {
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。* ~' d9 x6 Y6 s! q- U% n0 x% X: Z
' f. v1 B$ f- b ^/ b0 B2 _0 ~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.7 H3 T! Z9 |% y: [
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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, j' b* r! W: K$ ^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" p7 x4 i) o* g1 o& x( L7 ^
still, to this day, hard to imagine.
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2 w6 G% P- ]$ `And in a fraction of a second, a drunk driver had taken all this away from him.
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