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I was walking around in a Target store, when I saw a Cashier hand this little boy some money back.2 V J+ e2 Z2 |, k
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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The Cashier said, ' I ' m sorry, but you don ' t have enough money to buy this doll. '
3 m4 {: y: o; K" B收銀員說：『抱歉！你買這娃娃的錢不夠。』
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( P% E% a" [8 Y3 [# M' [/ tThen the little boy turned to the old woman next to him: ' ' Granny,
( R( X/ s7 }3 R( \- pare you sure I don ' t have enough money? ' '
& Q6 X# j4 j* j* }9 }小男孩轉向他旁邊的老婦人：- A0 A/ Q! |7 q: C
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「奶奶！妳也認為我的錢不 嗎？」% N/ m' ?) Z( H9 T! }
! B l7 h, k% @; `0 B! W1 VThe old lady replied: ' ' You know that you don ' t have enough money to buy this doll, my dear. ' '. t: f8 |2 }4 y
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., o2 f& j5 |0 s3 X
她要小男孩呆在那裡5分鐘，她一下就回來。 她迅速離開了。/ o0 }! p3 }6 j% }1 \& F& n6 W
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* h# @, \, [$ D4 y; O p! fThe little boy was still holding the doll in his hand.
: W2 G) a# y* U: E+ w9 X% q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.
) n* \# D* B3 B& \8 ^+ x6 l* ~3 B最後我向他走去，問他這個娃娃你想給誰。 ' v: X. p( h4 {4 l8 D
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'It ' s the doll that my sister loved most and wanted so much for Christmas.
7 h, T: W5 l8 C& B8 L @- _『這是我妹妹的最愛，非常想要的聖誕節娃娃。
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She was sure that Santa Claus would bring it to her. '
1 \# _, ~4 }! l7 [7 u她一直認為聖誕老人會帶娃娃來給她的。」- c) @. @2 a9 o7 ~
I replied to him that maybe Santa Claus would bring it to her after all, and not to worry.
: n" r9 M4 k( Z; {/ K7 b4 X8 b3 ]我告訴他不用擔心，聖誕老人最後可能會帶給她的。; Q6 i4 ]+ K* K1 T7 v' d" W
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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. ': }; T% h. L* P8 p4 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。』
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G8 D7 R' ]& t3 u& ]. j3 ZHis 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. ' ') ?$ T1 r. d% |8 H
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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4 d3 R, P! O* @7 |My heart nearly stopped.
) y4 a/ v/ M: q) X1 w8 z1 m我的心臟幾乎要停止了。$ z2 U E( C3 Z+ G- \
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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. '# r7 W" h, j. i) g( S3 w1 y) w
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。』' D; a7 ~( c4 p* ~
8 u' B. W m# e% R$ Y+ g6 V1 wThen 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. '
0 e9 U7 l9 x6 R7 q, w( W+ n/ B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。』% T) `+ B% i) `( p5 J8 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. '2 W$ n) ]/ Q. o1 \ f4 H. d
『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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3 p( P0 c# z+ z w, U: [Then he looked again at the doll with sad eyes, very quietly.
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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! ' '
. ]# ]3 {) \7 @- j/ |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.
7 W! i3 [: S2 a5 }! G0 m『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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0 u" ~1 O3 a4 E9 y, c5 O6 {! H) dThe little boy said: ' Thank you God for giving me enough money! '
/ ]6 F, B0 R+ v! | p* v( P小男孩說：『謝謝上帝給了我足 的錢!』
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4 ^$ z5 x* }( v D* u, [6 \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! ' '
' q+ ]/ x" ~6 ]' u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! 』" t& X: @: Z2 T; U* W
6 }9 Z/ m) E5 X% L) `: [' j# ~'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. ' '7 X. Z$ z) H$ o2 s' [2 Y
; E7 q$ m( E0 E3 `( ^) Q『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。』' G) H+ s, \2 ^' v ?6 e8 f
- Z6 j( d( E) k'My mommy loves white roses. '
1 Y: O( j* H" P7 Z) ]『我媽媽喜歡白玫瑰』。
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; w V$ h* E6 P* {" i+ fA few minutes later, the old lady returned and I left with my basket. Z8 P! R1 j( b. z
幾分鐘後，老婦人回來了。我也就提了購物籃離開了。4 c3 x. Q9 _/ P) B; l& Q
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I finished my shopping in a totally different state of mind from when I started., I, T: _% y- K, S" T. g6 a7 ?
我從一開始就在完全不同的心境下購物。
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7 P. D3 y1 L! F6 M( qI couldn ' t get the little boy out of my mind.1 u* f" d4 B* E+ b6 l
小男孩一直無法離開我的心境。7 m/ c5 H" J, J2 C N
4 J/ k& _/ V+ XThen 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
4 J% B3 e! A" O& Z5 U& Dwoman and a little girl.) p! l2 u& a; D8 K) F
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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2 z! r; R9 x' x8 D9 U$ z4 sThe little girl died right away, and the mother was left in a critical6 h: d& r r8 a+ i
state. The family had to decide whether to pull the plug on the
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) O) K" G: L) v- m" x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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' q3 N; u2 N2 Y/ _' cWas this the family of the little boy?
' v T# v+ b" E6 `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.
9 `. J+ ^* C+ _# v8 p; d! y碰到小男孩的二天之後，我看了報紙年輕少婦過世了。9 d" Y1 v' Y* ~0 ^) I" {+ M
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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.
1 j6 D j* d Q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。% X* v, `; p* ^. |& z. m
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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.
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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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! D$ T( m) C6 W y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。% l( x. y- g5 J) ~- @
: {. I+ H D. P4 S3 o$ g9 FAnd in a fraction of a second, a drunk driver had taken all this away from him." q3 {! T) |3 ~( S o& f' [
就在一轉眼工夫，一位醉酒司機奪去了他的所有。 |
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