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.
) @/ H# A  v  X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.

這男孩不過5、6歲。


9 f% j+ h0 L; ], R/ L, lThe Cashier said, ' I ' m sorry, but you don ' t have enough money to buy this doll. '
2 q& o0 d; r3 K. G, u. R3 x收銀員說：『抱歉！你買這娃娃的錢不夠。』

Then the little boy turned to the old woman next to him: ' ' Granny,
0 c' ]; O* V- B- U9 Q4 y+ M6 G# W; s$ F4 oare you sure I don ' t have enough money? ' '
小男孩轉向他旁邊的老婦人：
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「奶奶！妳也認為我的錢不 嗎？」
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/ Q' j2 M4 a3 W( tThe old lady replied: ' ' You know that you don ' t have enough money to buy this doll, my dear. ' '
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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6 g! H  J) ?7 b, Q6 K3 `# K. ]  t0 VThen she asked him to stay there for just 5 minutes while she went to look around. She left quickly.
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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# G+ E. R8 [. s4 s  fThe little boy was still holding the doll in his hand.
% W; T+ W2 V! w9 S' V小男孩的手仍然握著娃娃。


+ q  i0 R7 u* w8 h6 CFinally, I walked toward him and I asked him who he wished to give this doll to.
9 M3 @2 [0 I+ f/ o7 S4 b* N: Z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.
5 S- B- D6 V+ H' @" U『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. '
她一直認為聖誕老人會帶娃娃來給她的。」
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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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4 Q. A  w8 Z- c) B. P& ~! \# J3 X  tBut 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. '
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。』

9 `& z2 _$ N4 f5 xHis 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. ' '
+ i2 `& A' V2 }; n" K6 p. D2 W* O1 b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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& }, ^- [+ f, n" c+ T/ z' B/ S. uMy heart nearly stopped.
: q+ y2 d4 u9 r' w* \8 @( I6 e我的心臟幾乎要停止了。

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. '
  v3 b, e- X2 B3 N6 G. q9 H% r! v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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  O3 j' ?, b/ V4 w( B: {* h- J6 XThen 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 H$ ~  z; y3 I7 Z+ 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。』
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; I' }. Y" Y/ m5 @& g7 Q! u'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. '
* ]' u4 p! t3 M" S% h『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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! T  H5 u* c2 R6 z8 |9 I9 GThen he looked again at the doll with sad eyes, very quietly.
6 U5 ^2 g2 C: @" e" a$ y% P然後他安靜地用哀傷的眼睛再看著娃娃。
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5 P# X/ s& E4 R- yI 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! ' '
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! 』

'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.
8 [2 S1 H  q2 m) d! c" \5 l『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! '
& M5 E& k' ^2 H4 B2 l' H# a2 N小男孩說：『謝謝上帝給了我足 的錢!』
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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! ' '
2 V9 x0 D% }6 U; }& c& ^+ Y# z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! 』

$ T  p' a- {5 w/ m'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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; X, R9 q: U" V5 y『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。』

0 k9 s- f! x& q- ~6 P'My mommy loves white roses. '
『我媽媽喜歡白玫瑰』。
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1 Y( L- J7 e* [: k6 \% `A few minutes later, the old lady returned and I left with my basket.
  i' w+ M5 _4 W# Z4 o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.
我從一開始就在完全不同的心境下購物。

; A' d. x& v- v0 UI couldn ' t get the little boy out of my mind.
! r' F" a$ ^& j$ ~* D1 @1 L7 F+ F7 g小男孩一直無法離開我的心境。
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, T6 |4 N+ }2 h/ v6 H: e/ {5 K' j$ ]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
woman and a little girl.
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
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life-sustaining machine, because the young woman would not be able to recover from the coma.
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
，因為年輕少婦不可能從昏迷中恢復。

2 f7 U7 Y% e% W  ~Was this the family of the little boy?
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' g- q0 x0 {0 Q: V: ETwo days after this encounter with the little boy, I read in the news paper that the young woman had passed away.
( y& W3 K' e: `- X  n碰到小男孩的二天之後，我看了報紙年輕少婦過世了。
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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.
! ?# X3 G" u0 H0 x5 [( W9 |! F' e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。

1 F2 v: j* J! F/ F* u2 P$ OShe 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.
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。

0 i) V* _  P  ]# n+ T5 H# i8 pI 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
still, to this day, hard to imagine.
5 F6 @7 v& X" X; Z  k9 k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。

And in a fraction of a second, a drunk driver had taken all this away from him.
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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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