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I was walking around in a Target store, when I saw a Cashier hand this little boy some money back.' ~/ f3 s5 ]# `1 A: |3 R# 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。) V+ w+ C9 J/ U# n
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The boy couldn ' t have been more than 5 or 6 years old.
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The Cashier said, ' I ' m sorry, but you don ' t have enough money to buy this doll. '
: N1 W: A$ T, k/ F# n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,' I' n% {4 T* z' p) v% H
are you sure I don ' t have enough money? ' '
2 d6 N0 ~ L5 v, t# h8 q小男孩轉向他旁邊的老婦人：
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7 \5 s9 {1 f( I$ W「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. ' '
6 g# {& m! G t$ i( C! r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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1 R& c" f7 I9 V: \0 g5 z+ TThen she asked him to stay there for just 5 minutes while she went to look around. She left quickly.
, ~: s. N* J+ R' Q$ }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.
) g, B1 {% ]7 B( @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./ j* g! F# y) Z7 ^& k
最後我向他走去，問他這個娃娃你想給誰。 8 I& h1 l4 F0 U, }% Y0 i
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'It ' s the doll that my sister loved most and wanted so much for Christmas.4 Q# l! E7 F# _& f2 z
『這是我妹妹的最愛，非常想要的聖誕節娃娃。+ W" Z7 O, x$ @& W% I) J! x3 j
6 E0 }" {" ]! c+ G7 t3 KShe was sure that Santa Claus would bring it to her. '9 j% z/ O2 G! A j4 I
她一直認為聖誕老人會帶娃娃來給她的。」, y, Y" p4 k: C6 @% K
I replied to him that maybe Santa Claus would bring it to her after all, and not to worry.
$ n8 ^0 f$ k* q! v3 P2 K8 b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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) l( J- o O: l0 j6 q9 v/ YBut 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. '
. K8 o$ X7 f6 e/ E' 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。』
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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. ' '3 D2 ~! N7 i, Q$ f
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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; i. u1 j& D; H' A0 l9 H% pMy heart nearly stopped.2 } W- t: Q2 y+ H9 D
我的心臟幾乎要停止了。! b5 F1 y5 i, A% _ A, o% z
/ e; C, U i( D0 z1 l8 y9 Q. _8 K& iThe 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. '1 H8 J: m: \6 B
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。』. v' O( m/ G! w g+ D
* _7 v) u! [. t* A) hThen 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 j" L6 a0 t X1 {6 T
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。』- h7 ]' a" J9 s" b0 O4 Y, W8 `
, E; X# a. _' C1 a5 R$ T; b'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. '5 n7 I" L/ d/ H8 U4 z
『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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# J e' F: }5 j& _- \/ K4 bThen he looked again at the doll with sad eyes, very quietly.
- l+ X* @& x* B1 \0 l然後他安靜地用哀傷的眼睛再看著娃娃。; Q) O6 C( X7 ~% ]
; X$ b1 H9 u/ WI 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 g7 S1 Z: v, D+ Z; w' }! |) s8 w' 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! 』7 U$ J: D0 O5 D+ o P4 t% ?7 k
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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.2 n" }% k! ?. E! w* S; k4 j7 Z/ ?/ l( 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。, J( B) Q4 _% p. h
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The little boy said: ' Thank you God for giving me enough money! '; D7 }/ S: r5 X5 I) S
小男孩說：『謝謝上帝給了我足 的錢!』2 q$ i" k A; ~3 j$ O+ c2 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! ' '& X, r! C$ ?. A
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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5 ]; b0 a. i# ]'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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『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。』" D: ~, \8 m( f, U/ ?
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'My mommy loves white roses. '
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! ~) n- _8 }! w. b+ s4 hA few minutes later, the old lady returned and I left with my basket.
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I finished my shopping in a totally different state of mind from when I started./ |8 o/ F4 N! e6 e! L9 y
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.
( `; C% A* j3 o: |$ k5 G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 young6 w# z; E) c8 R, X! r$ f0 [
woman and a little girl.
7 {0 R/ u. ?8 a M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。- z; {/ w* {/ \ @8 m1 @/ I" A
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The little girl died right away, and the mother was left in a critical9 t: |- Y, E7 a- {2 |
state. The family had to decide whether to pull the plug on the, D2 g: c) n+ G! ^ j
life-sustaining machine, because the young woman would not be able to recover from the coma.
1 m) Y- I3 N2 j' H$ g( n3 u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, Y$ y% g+ y7 H6 y4 m5 n6 F* ^
，因為年輕少婦不可能從昏迷中恢復。
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- F3 h, r% d' ^4 k% a( VWas this the family of the little boy?
; Q1 X" Z% q# E0 Q/ g他就是這家庭的小男孩？
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4 b3 q' @7 W9 K$ ETwo days after this encounter with the little boy, I read in the news paper that the young woman had passed away.* x1 F9 o$ P: b7 S
碰到小男孩的二天之後，我看了報紙年輕少婦過世了。$ A9 u6 d- B0 f/ `# ]
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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.
8 _2 k2 i0 w1 g4 K1 r; w! ?! D! i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。' ?/ |% J+ @6 f9 G( ~
. J- E) p0 J% u. o0 G3 P% xShe 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.: F0 X% {( t% q& ^ f* R; x, }
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) t' h7 g- W; Y! o: ~: m
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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。* R5 W2 j# H# b# n! K) \- ?4 m4 O
: k7 f& [$ Y. o( w+ V) a' aAnd in a fraction of a second, a drunk driver had taken all this away from him.$ L) U" A& B* }- G7 D
就在一轉眼工夫，一位醉酒司機奪去了他的所有。 |
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