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I was walking around in a Target store, when I saw a Cashier hand this little boy some money back.5 x- O1 g. q0 {
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.
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! ~8 {( P7 D; b; F9 J% o4 ^這男孩不過5、6歲。% w0 t/ ^5 Z% C6 q
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* t1 \3 y( l0 V' k9 g1 YThe Cashier said, ' I ' m sorry, but you don ' t have enough money to buy this doll. '
0 r) ~# g2 ^! {3 R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," n8 Q8 [7 r+ w5 H6 j
are you sure I don ' t have enough money? ' '4 O9 j. T% J/ m3 n8 n5 N0 |) ?0 O
小男孩轉向他旁邊的老婦人：! |7 Z# X6 N: U0 ]# a
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「奶奶！妳也認為我的錢不 嗎？」: w9 k$ m- _7 V8 o& B
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The old lady replied: ' ' You know that you don ' t have enough money to buy this doll, my dear. ' '5 [* m2 o! Y5 h
老婦人回道：「親愛的！你知道買這個娃娃的錢是不夠的。」. c! A" t- r+ Z6 \; z$ G0 e" i3 z
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: X# Y4 p2 I5 `, T8 D, JThen she asked him to stay there for just 5 minutes while she went to look around. She left quickly.
8 v0 N$ d/ r! s: k她要小男孩呆在那裡5分鐘，她一下就回來。 她迅速離開了。* w4 E8 l( s+ T; r
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( l2 b3 `4 s Y) hThe little boy was still holding the doll in his hand.( B, i0 g8 R. w3 s; a
小男孩的手仍然握著娃娃。9 H; s+ n0 A' Y" Q, P( q
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Finally, I walked toward him and I asked him who he wished to give this doll to./ H$ v+ J* _, l2 a
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.7 m2 u1 U7 j& U
『這是我妹妹的最愛，非常想要的聖誕節娃娃。$ I1 H w- E+ C! p7 v5 `3 h
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She was sure that Santa Claus would bring it to her. '
/ Y+ q3 L+ A, c- O5 _她一直認為聖誕老人會帶娃娃來給她的。」
1 s2 q; q2 b7 U/ m4 WI replied to him that maybe Santa Claus would bring it to her after all, and not to worry.
; {/ \) Q" x s我告訴他不用擔心，聖誕老人最後可能會帶給她的。# H) r8 s4 u' r% U: b; y$ W
5 k3 f- q, }; [+ gBut 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. '8 `# v) A. @ Q& ~) {4 Y
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。』: G: Y1 \$ Y+ v/ ^% p. f
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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. ' '
# P; V' V# f2 T$ A% 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.
0 g' i0 U4 E! r1 |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. '
3 j+ L- y5 h# [' 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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$ L- L0 Q( M! ^$ GThen 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. '4 `1 ^8 Y, [; l
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. '
! O* k6 r1 i1 M$ F) F3 h- G『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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8 r, {8 x6 H/ A( A4 _9 H ]7 c+ C' kThen he looked again at the doll with sad eyes, very quietly.3 G2 A& H# \$ L% m
然後他安靜地用哀傷的眼睛再看著娃娃。
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. X$ }% E) O9 s+ _3 u" g6 S# 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! ' '
& O- \% |0 B4 c3 w$ Z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! 』& Y$ I- q: R( j% w6 r t
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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.( v& |9 x' i( O! y, A7 p, {
『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。* y) U; A* |# C- l1 N" j, e5 }( s
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The little boy said: ' Thank you God for giving me enough money! '
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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! ' '
; r) }' T$ [) m% N% N2 N6 @) |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! 』- `0 _5 c( R* v2 R
, {! u6 ~4 q4 g8 G2 a'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' ]. R4 z, |% _/ q
2 ?0 c3 ~/ C* ^ |- n$ F8 a8 l『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。』2 L; r: s( N5 d: A4 L1 N" P
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'My mommy loves white roses. '
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A few minutes later, the old lady returned and I left with my basket.
+ L2 q+ } v+ ~9 v幾分鐘後，老婦人回來了。我也就提了購物籃離開了。; h, @3 h7 S: Q6 u
) w) n0 U3 O' n$ g! @) e+ }" i! x& uI finished my shopping in a totally different state of mind from when I started.$ O! w& k5 o! @/ a: p; i/ z+ y
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.
" S" k% H \* B( ~5 ?' m- h' ?小男孩一直無法離開我的心境。) A& P* |5 A& c# Q' k; h5 o; V7 l5 e
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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
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. z: m' x# o5 M" Z* ?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。8 d3 N) S0 T6 {9 v
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The little girl died right away, and the mother was left in a critical! a- J+ g8 S2 y
state. The family had to decide whether to pull the plug on the w1 J% L* f( V, q
life-sustaining machine, because the young woman would not be able to recover from the coma.! u$ ?- z( c/ R+ h# y
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* @# `! z3 Z6 Y3 l# h
，因為年輕少婦不可能從昏迷中恢復。
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Was this the family of the little boy?
) {3 h) E9 j' r/ s/ N, Y0 n他就是這家庭的小男孩？' C( P8 h& i, i% G& Z9 e8 x
0 z; G% J4 p G: {4 d9 K2 S9 Z% YTwo days after this encounter with the little boy, I read in the news paper that the young woman had passed away.
/ W$ j% t$ a$ K2 p碰到小男孩的二天之後，我看了報紙年輕少婦過世了。' Y0 j, |* [3 E% b; P$ ^
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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.4 G: J5 b! H1 r# Y1 x
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。/ K7 h4 d/ C# J: C
' G- ^* ?4 W) XShe 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.
6 }5 Q( Z& H- }: e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
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1 U+ y7 {) y5 E7 q! ]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! p0 u) ]2 u1 H/ f
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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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