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I was walking around in a Target store, when I saw a Cashier hand this little boy some money back.4 x, Q: D$ d, r n9 E6 b
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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3 n% `* ]* j9 i. o/ p, q' x: fThe boy couldn ' t have been more than 5 or 6 years old.
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/ _9 s0 Z# \7 _/ J' O6 J6 N! {6 U7 }這男孩不過5、6歲。
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) Z* ^9 f9 ?3 ]4 R9 q) ], G( DThe Cashier said, ' I ' m sorry, but you don ' t have enough money to buy this doll. '; N4 @) e: e: N
收銀員說:『抱歉!你買這娃娃的錢不夠。』
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8 E0 s# i# I# JThen the little boy turned to the old woman next to him: ' ' Granny,$ o5 y4 |5 L6 |# e# l' I# J4 A
are you sure I don ' t have enough money? ' '
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「奶奶!妳也認為我的錢不 嗎?」' M# {/ q0 p: z9 }) e$ m9 q. o$ Z
4 G" |- v+ D3 Z3 x# m! e* J) PThe old lady replied: ' ' You know that you don ' t have enough money to buy this doll, my dear. ' '3 p. k4 {( T* U0 Q4 q' K5 q9 k0 i
老婦人回道:「親愛的!你知道買這個娃娃的錢是不夠的。」9 n" s( H5 i# S
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Then she asked him to stay there for just 5 minutes while she went to look around. She left quickly.
" o. N% |; B; w她要小男孩呆在那裡5分鐘,她一下就回來。 她迅速離開了。# {4 ?7 Z, ?; M. {, ~( f: \
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The little boy was still holding the doll in his hand.
9 r" m# K. e3 [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.
' z7 |; A$ f0 ^4 k& ?7 l0 o最後我向他走去,問他這個娃娃你想給誰。 5 x8 I" b8 l2 f3 p
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'It ' s the doll that my sister loved most and wanted so much for Christmas.9 I1 y J* g/ i$ v# w, T8 c0 C
『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. '# s/ O' Q* d0 R6 B; n
她一直認為聖誕老人會帶娃娃來給她的。」/ H' B6 P& @, L" @" P( t) j
I replied to him that maybe Santa Claus would bring it to her after all, and not to worry. o+ u2 T% \# Y
我告訴他不用擔心,聖誕老人最後可能會帶給她的。# b8 P. p2 Y" F8 w& _% ?
. t( Y4 E, o% w9 T6 NBut 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. '
5 @7 n6 O. I/ P2 U) q' u; @" C8 `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。』& ^# F' p. V5 R2 V, _
% @, j2 f1 ?# 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. ' '% I) d, P+ ^. v; o
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。』2 e' w' o; ~. o+ I6 F
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5 }" x& r3 Q2 V- o. _My heart nearly stopped.
+ }" z" {) a9 p: u) t( g$ F我的心臟幾乎要停止了。1 D+ e5 K7 b' F
{* x: P% n* {4 y8 H- uThe 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. '9 r, r n, Z, S/ u$ _# J2 }
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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. B# q. B E {# e' bThen 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 F) A' G5 h% u$ P3 O: f% z
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。』7 O) x- F% G1 l6 X
3 M; a B, w" A8 P# q) o/ L'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. '
$ _8 o' L; J# 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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) k3 s# b6 O8 H, QThen he looked again at the doll with sad eyes, very quietly.
- a9 ?: d! ]: ], ~* L然後他安靜地用哀傷的眼睛再看著娃娃。" `* D8 ~5 d1 m; m! ^
9 V, P0 `0 p6 u, E# ?. m3 LI 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! ' '
4 @( W& F% J. }- F6 E7 \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.# Y# R$ ^* D: u) K' {
『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。. `7 w! p3 I# t: a/ w
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The little boy said: ' Thank you God for giving me enough money! '/ n( A, H) A& k+ A
小男孩說:『謝謝上帝給了我足 的錢!』9 O, `/ x5 A p, _
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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! ' '
T1 d* h0 D. c/ P1 ~- K, }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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8 h) N& Q f$ W'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" W3 Z- }( w' r( u+ z* D
" h- ^) u/ t8 T- f: i# l G) Y$ z『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. '
) ]6 Y) u: r1 R4 l. V" p+ E6 M' k『我媽媽喜歡白玫瑰』。" l$ A; e& A# |5 k; Z
8 i) C* i& A9 p' s6 D: lA few minutes later, the old lady returned and I left with my basket.
% ]- S1 ^5 N7 |2 U A( |幾分鐘後,老婦人回來了。我也就提了購物籃離開了。/ n5 [" s+ Y7 ?. {
2 p2 m* Z, [- T8 Y$ dI finished my shopping in a totally different state of mind from when I started.8 e e% ? Z$ e7 J7 R- t6 `, H V
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.
% t0 ~/ d. i, t& X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" Q- B3 K+ i* C( ^
woman and a little girl.
4 K1 J2 P/ A% o: @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 Q0 d* B; S- q1 p
4 ?7 ]7 m9 b" J" B1 L, I2 PThe little girl died right away, and the mother was left in a critical7 |& C, D' }( U; J9 n
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/ K. p5 }0 J+ Z! A1 |1 X6 v V
,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 q s" u4 x$ ], K) r! H
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.7 }( W& Y8 o5 `) L9 F1 |' j2 _
碰到小男孩的二天之後,我看了報紙年輕少婦過世了。& @/ C, c- q- | ?3 Z* C; C( ~# W2 L
% Y5 K* T; l7 G" z4 i! 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.0 }) ~% O7 w9 N8 }" ]6 B2 ]
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。4 D9 d& p7 t. }- i
* h9 {, T0 h2 X3 @( ]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.
8 L+ o" Z' t; t: ~* [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。1 L3 ^; E; `/ j/ b( b# \3 C
+ S! P! o4 _8 yI 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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4 r5 s% n* T! C# T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。
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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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