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I was walking around in a Target store, when I saw a Cashier hand this little boy some money back.
A) D9 G5 Z6 P7 G, M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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0 s% @6 [+ ?. Y) N& c- q' @& dThe boy couldn ' t have been more than 5 or 6 years old.
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1 E3 p; `1 Y$ e) |, W, b這男孩不過5、6歲。
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The Cashier said, ' I ' m sorry, but you don ' t have enough money to buy this doll. '
: T0 c- ^- b) R6 V d& y6 c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,
4 F# k0 y Q& g6 iare you sure I don ' t have enough money? ' ': P) T0 x) a7 D1 u& ~0 r! Q# t
小男孩轉向他旁邊的老婦人：! }2 m. T; }6 G; k4 X" A
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「奶奶！妳也認為我的錢不 嗎？」6 X! Z) L/ A' i E" x) a: J. c% k
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The old lady replied: ' ' You know that you don ' t have enough money to buy this doll, my dear. ' '
+ v' ?& C8 u+ s' m老婦人回道：「親愛的！你知道買這個娃娃的錢是不夠的。」+ I9 u9 I; @3 v9 b! |+ J( y. B# U
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Then she asked him to stay there for just 5 minutes while she went to look around. She left quickly.9 ~9 e$ J7 ^1 p; a1 a& ]
她要小男孩呆在那裡5分鐘，她一下就回來。 她迅速離開了。 ^7 K$ g& P9 f1 z
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2 _) v9 E+ r/ q! C0 I6 tThe little boy was still holding the doll in his hand. C3 U; r6 _& I+ |
小男孩的手仍然握著娃娃。; C1 C3 M% {5 v" o
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Finally, I walked toward him and I asked him who he wished to give this doll to.% M6 L) [/ k7 E3 X! u
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.! Q! P. |0 H& Q7 v4 k, Y6 L" d
『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. '
, B, J- s) K! E: `! P1 a0 o& z她一直認為聖誕老人會帶娃娃來給她的。」" \5 G1 o" o: {* E9 x4 j: D# R
I replied to him that maybe Santa Claus would bring it to her after all, and not to worry.! l- n9 K& O7 }% u
我告訴他不用擔心，聖誕老人最後可能會帶給她的。
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$ t( o& W& R! ZBut 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. '7 |2 _8 @6 `' |( g- j, ^( a2 @
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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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. ' '7 Q0 A8 A v2 F( G$ J4 ~- P( k
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。』: B' O7 Y) A& ?; X7 b+ W* {
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My heart nearly stopped." F/ P3 y2 l+ U8 P$ q
我的心臟幾乎要停止了。& y7 v) ~7 g7 F% j+ d" A- U
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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. '
) H. M# d1 U3 @) |5 g' `. ~% J: I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。』! P b# i; d8 h- ]% o3 l
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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. '
, g! |# D/ P7 V3 ?- \+ O" D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。』& |1 |% o$ ^7 o
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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. '
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q* B4 Z& x3 i6 X7 eThen he looked again at the doll with sad eyes, very quietly.
2 n, |# f$ H/ @6 m& c a然後他安靜地用哀傷的眼睛再看著娃娃。, U1 S! s7 c" d. n8 P0 U. Q
1 ?# q# U( t8 vI 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! ' '6 q8 y" ?& r4 P, ` _- 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! 』
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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.- Y4 F- T1 v: ?/ x) P: d; 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。( s0 H$ c, ]% W# G; S8 d; }4 _
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The little boy said: ' Thank you God for giving me enough money! '
1 V3 K L+ ~4 B w小男孩說：『謝謝上帝給了我足 的錢!』
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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! ' '& p% f% \0 J: F2 ?4 P; X( B' Y
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! 』4 j6 B' W6 s- Y# d* c8 B& S3 L
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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. ' '' }& O$ Q; Y8 ?2 V3 j/ e! ?3 [- h
7 d% v/ g8 `3 M9 P9 K+ \『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. '
7 j. F! _. F* c5 x$ G7 t2 B『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.
( x3 S8 ~9 l6 N* P+ i, q# g幾分鐘後，老婦人回來了。我也就提了購物籃離開了。+ A) n: x; K# |2 b2 A1 _- C5 E2 p
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I finished my shopping in a totally different state of mind from when I started./ A* v+ y/ O5 y0 B/ j. @+ T
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.7 d0 Q+ Z1 H9 g' Q8 T
小男孩一直無法離開我的心境。
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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& B" S! Q# w2 Z2 ]; D3 R
woman and a little girl.
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The little girl died right away, and the mother was left in a critical# X3 B9 h" S' ]+ Z8 f, D
state. The family had to decide whether to pull the plug on the* u! A- \, M! W8 T7 g2 ?6 t7 Q% W
life-sustaining machine, because the young woman would not be able to recover from the coma.
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，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?
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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.
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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.
2 P0 ~7 K* n/ Z6 K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。/ ^9 b }" T1 B/ |, o9 _# U9 T, k3 f
. N# a9 P9 T8 d$ Z+ eShe 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.9 F5 `+ w" ^ k2 ?- [; |5 C0 W2 P
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- D, ?. |! L2 K& R3 H3 E% c1 g
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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。! a" B3 D, j7 i. v4 t9 d3 V) @0 `
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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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