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I was walking around in a Target store, when I saw a Cashier hand this little boy some money back.8 s9 a9 r, B- [ x% r
我在「塔杰」商店閒逛時，看到收銀員將一些錢退還給小男孩。3 b, O! z E, }5 u
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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。
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9 [! M( a. l; |% gThe Cashier said, ' I ' m sorry, but you don ' t have enough money to buy this doll. '
7 j. i6 h. `* o# k! P收銀員說：『抱歉！你買這娃娃的錢不夠。』$ |0 o* Z2 y# J- w0 Z$ K
) q2 v- M1 L# tThen the little boy turned to the old woman next to him: ' ' Granny,
- ~6 P# e0 M) mare you sure I don ' t have enough money? ' '
/ ]( O1 L# J* ?$ P小男孩轉向他旁邊的老婦人：
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2 J) e; L' T( F* V* }4 @4 B0 E「奶奶！妳也認為我的錢不 嗎？」
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% w7 C3 R/ w# R; h" [, ^+ h, E# U! r8 ]The old lady replied: ' ' You know that you don ' t have enough money to buy this doll, my dear. ' '7 t" Q% w; k' O9 b0 U
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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! I9 a! R: K, }& }Then she asked him to stay there for just 5 minutes while she went to look around. She left quickly.% p9 K& |) T) ]
她要小男孩呆在那裡5分鐘，她一下就回來。 她迅速離開了。3 ~# B$ N! C, p5 s# Y
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The little boy was still holding the doll in his hand.7 }3 W% c9 J* ~4 O6 i
小男孩的手仍然握著娃娃。5 ^0 u, j1 V( K+ Y- s) F, G
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Finally, I walked toward him and I asked him who he wished to give this doll to.* Z/ N. ?! k1 I7 p: C
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.# r$ ^5 p6 u# u( G. ?% z. X( p/ D# O
『這是我妹妹的最愛，非常想要的聖誕節娃娃。! R) Y: K0 k. }4 z
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She was sure that Santa Claus would bring it to her. '
2 u9 I+ c8 {2 W: _) c# O! ~# F她一直認為聖誕老人會帶娃娃來給她的。」& {( f/ T: z; W
I replied to him that maybe Santa Claus would bring it to her after all, and not to worry.1 e. n5 W( }3 I& m
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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! W, T/ a( e5 m3 ]4 lBut 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. '+ L9 C) Q/ [- z5 r" H
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。』2 W) j, I9 c+ ]) p! L1 r
' ? d* f, r, Q. BHis 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. ' '
5 a' l$ w6 H8 n! f# y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。』( D/ n; L3 _% @! b
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My heart nearly stopped.6 u9 R1 }9 N4 k" j9 @
我的心臟幾乎要停止了。( d8 V9 f# G- [: f. X8 g0 r# s7 F/ t
, d5 T/ S7 d6 V/ O# J0 eThe 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. '
' Q) M2 r) j3 h2 W/ d. S2 b6 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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" f% _: U2 {7 C/ jThen 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. '$ E- v9 [/ k' s3 j6 `
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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# ^) b/ I* ]# o$ h'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. '% ^; H' p; n) q/ q3 |
『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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5 i8 R, {- S; m0 z( T: w8 cThen he looked again at the doll with sad eyes, very quietly.
& F( z- n# V* V. c' h然後他安靜地用哀傷的眼睛再看著娃娃。0 o: T! ?: ~ m
. {% a$ Z/ N: F/ d# iI 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! ' '" a. J; a6 ?' w) u% D, e* N
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! 』. N5 f5 V( q c
% a; G9 H+ f4 [6 d) U4 a# V5 G# c'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.# G' P6 C8 q& I8 n& y
『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。; M. G N& k! b0 g6 R) q: T
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The little boy said: ' Thank you God for giving me enough money! '+ S( r! g# Y7 J# X; l
小男孩說：『謝謝上帝給了我足 的錢!』2 j3 d5 T: @# F- T
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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! ' '
5 B' _* K" G$ }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! 』6 V3 F/ N) K5 H
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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. ' '
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; Y4 l3 L( R+ ^1 ]『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. '
; N# A& ^1 y3 d0 j! f; i e『我媽媽喜歡白玫瑰』。
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# T) z: [$ R* H' {A few minutes later, the old lady returned and I left with my basket.
# W4 P0 o7 R2 I" p; M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.+ O: K% D! ^3 {: Z
我從一開始就在完全不同的心境下購物。* H; ?& p$ n T; x9 v( F' M) `
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I couldn ' t get the little boy out of my mind.' h* ~8 L0 j; M
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 Y. q @6 }3 z
woman and a little girl.
! X( L) d+ Q' q' ?' V5 |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; [0 ]4 D# y/ ~$ E9 Q
state. The family had to decide whether to pull the plug on the7 I. k9 p5 M0 B7 w
life-sustaining machine, because the young woman would not be able to recover from the coma.4 i3 B/ D+ ?% u' A( p
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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( c" w+ M8 Y3 C+ g) w, @% L7 X& ]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., f1 x4 P) l& g9 o1 E5 c
碰到小男孩的二天之後，我看了報紙年輕少婦過世了。+ z- x2 b+ d+ t
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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.' j- L. X7 P- G& E# G. p- \
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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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.; n% Z7 N5 }+ X: V
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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) M1 p$ g# H. U" s" KI 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
. Y1 A3 J& C% W) }1 b( H! F Tstill, to this day, hard to imagine.' ^9 {) M' A7 B2 J: M
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。1 P/ d1 [* y5 R- Y( }1 o: G2 `' I
7 U) n& e2 i, x' X+ ? gAnd in a fraction of a second, a drunk driver had taken all this away from him.) v* M7 H: z+ F' F2 g* m% k
就在一轉眼工夫，一位醉酒司機奪去了他的所有。 |
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