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I was walking around in a Target store, when I saw a Cashier hand this little boy some money back.
! B) }9 F& H: K: [ v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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+ n: i" V }2 U0 t2 i$ E% @; YThe boy couldn ' t have been more than 5 or 6 years old.5 D _& B' }- e' I% ^' d6 d
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這男孩不過5、6歲。+ }- M1 L. x X: Y
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% N D% a7 n- f/ EThe Cashier said, ' I ' m sorry, but you don ' t have enough money to buy this doll. ', o& s+ h. t! c% c4 ^
收銀員說：『抱歉！你買這娃娃的錢不夠。』
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: c1 M, M2 g) _ t: SThen the little boy turned to the old woman next to him: ' ' Granny, u4 @. p: A( a. A" j! C
are you sure I don ' t have enough money? ' '5 ~: |7 j( S5 k1 m" L6 e* g4 e' ]
小男孩轉向他旁邊的老婦人：
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( U# G: X. u8 |- T4 Q8 U% c「奶奶！妳也認為我的錢不 嗎？」
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, V: @. ]: I& sThe old lady replied: ' ' You know that you don ' t have enough money to buy this doll, my dear. ' '# L0 I2 x4 G* w$ l8 Y: u4 h7 }5 o c
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.3 {4 F4 T+ o: @
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.) C! w$ C7 ]& z2 }& m" F9 g
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.6 {* H* P- T/ \5 y- g
最後我向他走去，問他這個娃娃你想給誰。 # d! g1 M( ?/ x+ J% B$ B% C+ }
! ]5 X: }* q" y$ f* l& s. S& A( s( b'It ' s the doll that my sister loved most and wanted so much for Christmas.! X' P7 _# @4 l x& K2 m2 m; Q& l5 a
『這是我妹妹的最愛，非常想要的聖誕節娃娃。
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3 J, |( J V7 b/ uShe was sure that Santa Claus would bring it to her. '
$ @8 P+ A3 j) b( p: Z6 @她一直認為聖誕老人會帶娃娃來給她的。」' _# t* Y' q+ n# r1 b9 p
I replied to him that maybe Santa Claus would bring it to her after all, and not to worry.$ F* P7 R2 D- h7 G
我告訴他不用擔心，聖誕老人最後可能會帶給她的。% s) X8 }/ B% K# b/ ]6 j- n
! N, p' m+ X/ \1 }# R$ }/ s9 CBut 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 k0 _* Z. j5 m$ y& p# O: \2 I( s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。』, U: j: |& e1 O! H& c- ?; g
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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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4 ?8 y# _6 V% H- K* `+ i4 F& }My heart nearly stopped.0 n4 A' h) @% o; K* g
我的心臟幾乎要停止了。
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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. '
8 R! r$ X$ J+ 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。』' |3 g9 ]: b0 d$ ^
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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. '
- m/ ]0 y: Y) x7 @ R4 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。』
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5 e" T) |3 {, T. b) s/ A6 y: g'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. '" p& u- }: c- i( {! x3 E
『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。』0 [3 j# c7 r2 c
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Then he looked again at the doll with sad eyes, very quietly.* N, `/ ?0 Y! ]6 {
然後他安靜地用哀傷的眼睛再看著娃娃。! S( j: G& _3 @ p
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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! ' '- L9 R9 W5 x3 {0 J
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! 』- ]4 h. Z- i0 N \+ h9 _
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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 a% B4 w4 |" w6 A; _
『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。' i; i$ u6 P$ D2 M
9 u1 Y& w0 A* `# ]! y3 q( A: sThe little boy said: ' Thank you God for giving me enough money! '7 l7 D7 q, W% J/ @' q! U9 K9 o
小男孩說：『謝謝上帝給了我足 的錢!』& d. [" {3 p0 j; W% c% i, C6 u% K2 a
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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 j2 P( l) a) C2 f5 ~% B. T2 J
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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, o5 d6 S, J# C a: W1 f& g4 R'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. ' '# y3 l: D" H v! u, g( [8 i
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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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, c" x% }* ?/ D/ R9 S'My mommy loves white roses. '6 A) g: H) z+ y4 b n" T9 U6 b
『我媽媽喜歡白玫瑰』。
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# B8 \* M( E- t7 tA few minutes later, the old lady returned and I left with my basket.4 b# p: Y; j' T
幾分鐘後，老婦人回來了。我也就提了購物籃離開了。- h' @, \, n! @
4 B, C- S$ w8 D* R. m# KI finished my shopping in a totally different state of mind from when I started.
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- a" \5 L6 C3 T7 R' C. uI couldn ' t get the little boy out of my mind.
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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' S# R9 E. B$ C, u# `
woman and a little girl.8 t+ i8 |; J3 H' s$ x, |$ |. K& W- l
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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) @4 C4 z+ D- vThe little girl died right away, and the mother was left in a critical
7 E7 U$ u" f4 ?3 a. @4 Istate. The family had to decide whether to pull the plug on the
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3 x7 c; a. R& S" z% p: n; i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
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Was this the family of the little boy?( M, k& v, w& k {- o
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.- C1 U/ W1 K( |6 I0 y; C' }
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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: k [/ \, ]4 B: vI 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 R) V$ b- b3 q' E T* K
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。/ [& ^: d7 D! e/ X! n! t
) P. a ~( z* d0 rShe 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.5 g# ?8 }5 R1 L4 R! M
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( ^4 o) q0 _! c1 H) K4 M1 K4 y
still, to this day, hard to imagine.' U4 m8 t* J/ {6 _& q% I. i
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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" C; ^ U* a* z* c( S# AAnd in a fraction of a second, a drunk driver had taken all this away from him.1 s& w9 `- v4 \: r- ]
就在一轉眼工夫，一位醉酒司機奪去了他的所有。 |
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