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I was walking around in a Target store, when I saw a Cashier hand this little boy some money back.
& E( r+ h$ l6 G" P0 [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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這男孩不過5、6歲。; S! x5 N% h7 _
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The Cashier said, ' I ' m sorry, but you don ' t have enough money to buy this doll. '1 @. ^5 V* p ?$ c( K! [: S; l
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,8 D# g3 L. N! ]6 g* s$ S N
are you sure I don ' t have enough money? ' '
' O/ s M3 o0 a1 Q7 M8 D小男孩轉向他旁邊的老婦人：
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「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: [6 S8 `5 h3 T
老婦人回道：「親愛的！你知道買這個娃娃的錢是不夠的。」2 x+ n! c( \1 x. R e
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6 `2 e6 I. Z0 m$ ^9 W0 GThen she asked him to stay there for just 5 minutes while she went to look around. She left quickly.1 M$ A* b8 C" {8 `( y# d6 g
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.8 [7 ` a9 f. q) F
小男孩的手仍然握著娃娃。- D6 |! Z% z8 x: _7 G" U& L, j
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Finally, I walked toward him and I asked him who he wished to give this doll to.' m7 b4 `) n0 X. `3 X
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.& `$ d' p1 ?9 \% g0 [& A% }- P7 x
『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. '
+ k6 R8 [% _* z! i/ `, r+ j) U: Q: D她一直認為聖誕老人會帶娃娃來給她的。」
+ |$ [& G; o* b' j/ k. TI replied to him that maybe Santa Claus would bring it to her after all, and not to worry.* ~$ x9 M1 o! b3 T3 `
我告訴他不用擔心，聖誕老人最後可能會帶給她的。! j' h; s4 Y( @6 ^, z: i$ L/ Y
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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. '
) b! a, }3 n# ]/ d# \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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2 [6 n' n9 }4 Z' l# ~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. ' '! k1 j6 x2 v7 a. h# G3 t
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。』/ a; H6 }% B1 l p
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My heart nearly stopped.4 R) t- i0 [' S" M1 `. t. q
我的心臟幾乎要停止了。/ j) d K. x" a% I( c
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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. '
( H8 u. J7 |( p" U9 h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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& j* E) d- }* G H5 u( TThen 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. '* [, P# R8 V9 z s' d8 s5 e; f
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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* J9 N8 M& J$ y+ p( L7 y) V+ C'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. '
/ g* A" D, L' E0 B' A『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。』4 W0 s0 `$ I7 ?* |! V7 C% x% G
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Then he looked again at the doll with sad eyes, very quietly.* E& M) K6 G8 T; w' H# K3 h
然後他安靜地用哀傷的眼睛再看著娃娃。
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3 n2 l7 \9 ^2 J. R& ~# PI 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! ' '
! b3 y. A- o$ A9 E& C& i4 b t4 f6 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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' A6 Z O. s2 C0 j/ T'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.
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) l' v/ r& F8 l8 GThe little boy said: ' Thank you God for giving me enough money! '- f# n/ @2 }5 N
小男孩說：『謝謝上帝給了我足 的錢!』& s* n9 \5 e h# f% s
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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! ' '; q! G/ z G: x/ ~
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. ' '& ^! ~$ L( a1 z
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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。』* _% t' Z% k2 o( [( Y
2 X9 |8 ]8 g$ \$ l& ~, d'My mommy loves white roses. '
9 b5 o T2 o& ^/ l$ S4 t) {# T『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., ^0 V7 }( c( y1 N' @
幾分鐘後，老婦人回來了。我也就提了購物籃離開了。# Z# ~- H; u' M4 ^* C
" o3 J2 D# v1 |6 dI finished my shopping in a totally different state of mind from when I started.
) @6 _( u% t8 A+ O# d6 v2 G5 m: i; r$ D我從一開始就在完全不同的心境下購物。$ X3 L: W" ?, J; }/ i4 E
5 t2 B: A) M0 {I couldn ' t get the little boy out of my mind.! f; `! P; R; R+ t" c4 q
小男孩一直無法離開我的心境。
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# {8 X3 J+ v, H `. \7 |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: S5 F8 ~& ^! }: Q& a
woman and a little girl.
Z8 C/ v& y# c: P3 k$ s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。) n) j, e3 Z& S: k- _3 u
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The little girl died right away, and the mother was left in a critical9 |% g2 h$ w, r* b, @6 _9 k
state. The family had to decide whether to pull the plug on the
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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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Was this the family of the little boy? b2 y% K, p4 ?
他就是這家庭的小男孩？
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1 |* D0 v0 H/ H: \0 L$ KTwo days after this encounter with the little boy, I read in the news paper that the young woman had passed away.7 f! F- H+ t' ^4 o+ ~( M
碰到小男孩的二天之後，我看了報紙年輕少婦過世了。3 E0 x+ w. T% J7 z" h
& M( N/ f* B- ^2 A$ U" LI 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.+ \: X s# _! V+ h% z1 Z7 V
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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) J" B7 R( @6 _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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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。 {0 h& c8 h! n. i- @
5 W! ]8 B! n: d l+ v* aAnd in a fraction of a second, a drunk driver had taken all this away from him.+ K/ \2 k3 B0 R' {
就在一轉眼工夫，一位醉酒司機奪去了他的所有。 |
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