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I was walking around in a Target store, when I saw a Cashier hand this little boy some money back.% I8 U. G. }& _; c- 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。
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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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$ d3 a( `4 H3 Y2 X+ IThe Cashier said, ' I ' m sorry, but you don ' t have enough money to buy this doll. '
# n4 I; K: ^" k收銀員說：『抱歉！你買這娃娃的錢不夠。』
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6 l* `. x5 q; n1 b7 w! FThen the little boy turned to the old woman next to him: ' ' Granny,
- K7 N$ A5 C. qare you sure I don ' t have enough money? ' ') }6 m/ @0 w+ B. F7 l
小男孩轉向他旁邊的老婦人：# d' N- z, a3 E6 g5 {6 C) b. D- {
0 Q1 p1 @1 B- ~9 I「奶奶！妳也認為我的錢不 嗎？」! N, {' V- K3 g+ p, k3 C
% {! f. e4 B3 U* L9 v' ]! tThe old lady replied: ' ' You know that you don ' t have enough money to buy this doll, my dear. ' '
# d% x2 n4 T: C; C/ L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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Then she asked him to stay there for just 5 minutes while she went to look around. She left quickly.
+ I3 s! z8 U0 F% Z她要小男孩呆在那裡5分鐘，她一下就回來。 她迅速離開了。8 O: S8 R0 f0 i& ~, [
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$ m* P. y2 }: y( H7 J$ hThe little boy was still holding the doll in his hand.
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" `4 a4 l) F1 e) WFinally, I walked toward him and I asked him who he wished to give this doll to.( W7 \* F9 J4 v. X9 _5 V4 ^
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.
" S" c$ X- k! n' I& e" C* r' s7 h『這是我妹妹的最愛，非常想要的聖誕節娃娃。5 {; x& O4 G. R d9 F) ]
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She was sure that Santa Claus would bring it to her. '
! e* R5 w' o; t她一直認為聖誕老人會帶娃娃來給她的。」
# ?1 ~4 N7 r; z. M+ nI replied to him that maybe Santa Claus would bring it to her after all, and not to worry.; V) u5 J8 _6 k& y" e& l& _
我告訴他不用擔心，聖誕老人最後可能會帶給她的。+ }; J1 H T/ k- m7 V
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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. '7 d$ {* j( T+ L. }3 Y1 ~ f
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. ' '
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: Q ~" |' H/ ~2 N7 c9 a" i% ^& e2 `My heart nearly stopped.3 J3 n- O& {8 R% t
我的心臟幾乎要停止了。/ h2 n# q$ r W% K( m
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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. '
0 d$ c. b/ Z! y5 k* _. ~$ P! m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。』; X4 a& S$ g; x5 D% P/ @
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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. '
4 s& E! ]! }7 k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。』3 J7 S6 Z. O! A1 [0 r9 S
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'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. '/ V$ m5 k5 z5 k& b2 v
『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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Then he looked again at the doll with sad eyes, very quietly.: J3 M# j0 V& `7 L9 l( b) h
然後他安靜地用哀傷的眼睛再看著娃娃。
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. `3 M+ i4 S3 ^; g& O( F4 gI 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! ' '
( J9 }8 U& {6 Z, ?& H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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, R$ Z3 S p& g' z1 }4 I) l'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., ~7 G- t' P- H. J8 [$ }
『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。" H! `6 V* r; d0 \( d; M
" [$ e3 u3 @! Z. IThe little boy said: ' Thank you God for giving me enough money! '
; M5 x1 G5 Z- h0 i9 f9 Q2 L3 i小男孩說：『謝謝上帝給了我足 的錢!』% i& ^' [4 o) g, |0 J* W" h
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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! ' '4 r& R) k. i0 E/ E7 i2 K) 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! 』2 }6 `8 ?! N4 b9 k) |
@- b2 D) v6 m9 {9 Y, ~' _: C'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。』
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'My mommy loves white roses. '4 z1 B7 }9 x& a" x' S0 N3 I) r
『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 T9 M4 S% j+ l8 c( N
幾分鐘後，老婦人回來了。我也就提了購物籃離開了。' g- k" Z u% E; S1 E) u& g
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I finished my shopping in a totally different state of mind from when I started.- o c: S0 s# A' j- i! 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.
3 a) t1 e; t. z2 p小男孩一直無法離開我的心境。
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: `+ } g, c& u f$ ?2 CThen 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. n% |# ?6 @- g8 d5 j1 _# F e9 e
woman and a little girl.
8 b5 V( o) r: ?+ ]6 G8 T2 o0 ?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。/ ~5 a% `+ G$ y, U) U8 \# r
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The little girl died right away, and the mother was left in a critical2 C2 ~6 H9 d. K+ H
state. The family had to decide whether to pull the plug on the
% Y6 R* X9 H9 z/ C. G4 Elife-sustaining machine, because the young woman would not be able to recover from the coma.* h g) y( [3 u0 @! G9 }
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5 [0 e9 i! `2 Z% l4 n
，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?$ o2 W' L$ w9 ^; [7 J# E, F
他就是這家庭的小男孩？4 t: ]% V& A: y. N5 C5 c2 n
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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., ]1 ^ H8 P; O8 Z) l9 A" \/ l, Q
碰到小男孩的二天之後，我看了報紙年輕少婦過世了。" ]# w2 E3 Z( \0 t. q2 N! Z
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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.
0 C2 p, J& L, H& m0 X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$ y# X4 H, V5 k/ _* q6 b
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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.
) X" g0 s- Y; W( F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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8 O3 Y, `% S; L4 @' T% z- s9 _8 @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
$ z g6 n4 @& s4 N! N) k3 ^# l; \still, to this day, hard to imagine.5 }/ k0 D% w k+ e( H6 _4 k- W
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。/ e; _2 X& h0 C- y. H4 B' g* Q* a
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And in a fraction of a second, a drunk driver had taken all this away from him.$ o6 O' P. X0 S; }5 u+ G) F/ C
就在一轉眼工夫，一位醉酒司機奪去了他的所有。 |
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