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動人心弦的小男孩 (Little Boy Touches Hearts)

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I was walking around in a Target store, when I saw a Cashier hand this little boy some money back.& L5 t+ b# Y6 X2 S8 X! o# U
我在「塔杰」商店閒逛時,看到收銀員將一些錢退還給小男孩。" ]. N7 s+ k1 ?# _) E2 Z8 w

9 j& E1 J: T  v0 G) UThe boy couldn ' t have been more than 5 or 6 years old.- y8 \( \5 ~  ~  l8 D
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這男孩不過5、6歲。& y; I* A7 p1 j4 ^  |
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The Cashier said, ' I ' m sorry, but you don ' t have enough money to buy this doll. '
8 E" Y" }: O. c* X" V6 `收銀員說:『抱歉!你買這娃娃的錢不夠。』
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Then the little boy turned to the old woman next to him: ' ' Granny,$ ]! `$ g2 Q( z9 w0 M5 h9 T4 g
are you sure I don ' t have enough money? ' '
. }- ]; [" s& k- P3 k& P小男孩轉向他旁邊的老婦人:
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( ]/ M) {0 D# h( IThe old lady replied: ' ' You know that you don ' t have enough money to buy this doll, my dear. ' '
3 }( `* X) Y3 c4 u0 Q5 P4 g3 a老婦人回道:「親愛的!你知道買這個娃娃的錢是不夠的。」. T& f- v3 S8 h1 U" n- U
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: d; l& Z, n: }Then she asked him to stay there for just 5 minutes while she went to look around. She left quickly.
3 H% h8 f9 z( S( T7 \) A0 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。( M& [3 n7 |# v
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The little boy was still holding the doll in his hand.
; t) |, S" e$ h3 `小男孩的手仍然握著娃娃。
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$ _* h, `% S! |( c) X0 P  v$ eFinally, I walked toward him and I asked him who he wished to give this doll to." ^( M0 I1 G1 _  C4 A" @$ j
最後我向他走去,問他這個娃娃你想給誰。 % }/ ^% a" @, ~9 Y
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'It ' s the doll that my sister loved most and wanted so much for Christmas.
5 S* ?. f! c' i% I0 T* v『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. '/ R; a- f1 n% G6 |* |
她一直認為聖誕老人會帶娃娃來給她的。」
. _. `, A+ v$ [' VI replied to him that maybe Santa Claus would bring it to her after all, and not to worry.
# \, I; Q3 R6 \0 j我告訴他不用擔心,聖誕老人最後可能會帶給她的。. p6 {5 L1 u" ~4 a9 a

7 F+ l3 A4 k* m7 |+ [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. '0 r( b" r! R/ F) p  `) `  `6 m
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。』- b: k! E. t6 w# E! V! I0 I% f
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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. ' '
) R8 D& i4 U5 M6 x$ S3 p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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7 j' }! o: o: \: I% V; WMy heart nearly stopped.
; @8 u) ~4 V/ A* M  C# Y我的心臟幾乎要停止了。
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( ~: x' E' V- Q/ U2 J% Y. @: KThe 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. '% \- V4 s$ [: B, n5 d0 a, z
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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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. '
, j5 {5 u, X, k1 Z# 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。』7 e% T8 A3 z" D; _0 \" p" x* w. q8 ?

8 v; m8 g& F7 ]  d4 u) w! [3 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. '* i. F) I. ~# r4 N) @. e9 o4 o
『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。』5 e3 U2 c% i2 D0 s5 k
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Then he looked again at the doll with sad eyes, very quietly.' D* k5 U! X0 R+ Y  ?3 a
然後他安靜地用哀傷的眼睛再看著娃娃。4 G  h: y$ u7 F
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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! ' '8 {- V9 o* q7 M; i
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." \# h: H% E9 w% k8 ]* {9 e% J: U' s; x
『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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The little boy said: ' Thank you God for giving me enough money! '
, h/ M% R6 L* n. e0 m小男孩說:『謝謝上帝給了我足 的錢!』4 N( v  F' X/ U
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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! ' '
/ o; y. `- y: G) z1 n. l, m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! 』, n8 q. Y& e$ C' t
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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. ' ', f7 q: [5 `# P7 d1 z

+ w. o% B# [" J『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. '/ p0 p6 Q+ T/ Q0 k
『我媽媽喜歡白玫瑰』。. y+ C( h9 O5 g4 d

* p. h) `& l# t' r5 t$ w9 V$ ^7 x, oA few minutes later, the old lady returned and I left with my basket.: g$ y& X  C& `! ?1 G
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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. r: _' L) M0 s) A/ j* q: e& ZI finished my shopping in a totally different state of mind from when I started." q% V; X( H  M/ T$ h# X& f' d/ e
我從一開始就在完全不同的心境下購物。# k  w) v3 Y2 l1 r! `9 E( j# U
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I couldn ' t get the little boy out of my mind.
8 k( i3 _" [( V' m- i5 j小男孩一直無法離開我的心境。
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' O0 i" ]  g( z" ^! {$ ?' K3 }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 young0 `6 T1 F. F4 Y: Y) ^
woman and a little girl.
* z8 B' `+ M1 c& `& n' n* c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! m4 I( O5 c% R, k% k! |: `8 n
state. The family had to decide whether to pull the plug on the
4 m; V5 B" l2 z* w) clife-sustaining machine, because the young woman would not be able to recover from the coma.
, ~" u1 Q! M1 J, O: o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
* {& c- r. O+ t/ J- b; k. K,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?  L, q: Z1 H9 P, w
他就是這家庭的小男孩?
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" t" g4 J+ }$ o1 D+ r' VTwo days after this encounter with the little boy, I read in the news paper that the young woman had passed away./ \6 d  `3 E3 C! L! ?: k
碰到小男孩的二天之後,我看了報紙年輕少婦過世了。; ^# ]* g# d* I, _1 m; C

& I6 N) O9 z, K4 ]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.
% `3 h# A( S' M2 Z( ?+ G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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/ O+ v2 Q0 A, j5 I7 tShe 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.
7 t/ v9 b  b' p5 _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
( H2 b& G' B0 V% mstill, to this day, hard to imagine.
! I6 i  B" S! m) 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。
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9 P* k7 \- X% k* M  HAnd in a fraction of a second, a drunk driver had taken all this away from him./ T- g. d3 p8 k- S$ S' \6 E
就在一轉眼工夫,一位醉酒司機奪去了他的所有。
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对自己负责。对别人负责,对社会负责,请勿酒后驾车。因为这个小男孩有可能成为你家的孩子。
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