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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.
) t. D2 P3 p  [$ K& l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.# N1 `) ^6 m  q- u, r

+ |7 x1 k  d- H; a. y4 w這男孩不過5、6歲。
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' \1 X) |  f3 k; N# ?The Cashier said, ' I ' m sorry, but you don ' t have enough money to buy this doll. '9 `6 Y9 o0 n  W4 u" [/ g' G
收銀員說:『抱歉!你買這娃娃的錢不夠。』+ g; g% G$ d5 w

' l8 n* I0 ]9 V* b& |1 kThen the little boy turned to the old woman next to him: ' ' Granny,8 c- v0 D0 S! A
are you sure I don ' t have enough money? ' '
" w, Y5 C$ w7 s, e. j% p+ w小男孩轉向他旁邊的老婦人:0 x* S' t' L, G
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「奶奶!妳也認為我的錢不 嗎?」* A8 G. k7 p. J# J; ]- _: W: S

  Y' l' h, F0 f( Y) _The old lady replied: ' ' You know that you don ' t have enough money to buy this doll, my dear. ' '
. i( |" Z) F  |% H6 ~( a老婦人回道:「親愛的!你知道買這個娃娃的錢是不夠的。」: {: i0 [# f: p9 U/ Q2 Q/ |

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Then she asked him to stay there for just 5 minutes while she went to look around. She left quickly.
7 d! z$ R& E6 s; K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.
! Q  F  u5 P' F4 |4 w9 F小男孩的手仍然握著娃娃。
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- E) y. w5 ^- ~+ I) [Finally, I walked toward him and I asked him who he wished to give this doll to.* \5 A) p8 B( f7 I6 W
最後我向他走去,問他這個娃娃你想給誰。 0 X, s; {5 Y! i
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'It ' s the doll that my sister loved most and wanted so much for Christmas.. T2 i7 j; c$ m( m) v! P7 n
『這是我妹妹的最愛,非常想要的聖誕節娃娃。- W. |) r5 j( w4 D- _
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She was sure that Santa Claus would bring it to her. '$ e4 n2 j- j# e; a6 q2 C' W
她一直認為聖誕老人會帶娃娃來給她的。」2 P! s$ I# }1 ^/ P
I replied to him that maybe Santa Claus would bring it to her after all, and not to worry.& A, Q* l- S8 C# z) D- |
我告訴他不用擔心,聖誕老人最後可能會帶給她的。5 {4 T+ ~& [$ w  `# x0 t
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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. '
0 ^8 e+ P3 m- Y7 y$ V7 x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. ' '2 A* [$ S" S, l( @3 g
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。』8 ^8 e! M4 Z' |  p

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My heart nearly stopped.6 M* h3 i* ]4 K7 `& B6 i) e1 s
我的心臟幾乎要停止了。5 R* B$ w% l7 Y  x

& l/ t/ ]: T( c& S3 vThe 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. '  w! c) z% _+ T- P
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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) @- P4 P7 Q& A8 T! `* QThen 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. '7 v) T4 S# e4 Y
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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『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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. h  j& H. x2 _0 z) dThen he looked again at the doll with sad eyes, very quietly.1 O# a$ ^1 ~" G
然後他安靜地用哀傷的眼睛再看著娃娃。+ j- \" i7 H' F, y% {' E. w3 H1 C* p

4 Y, S* ~" U! a" CI 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! ' '
# H% q* G* r; ^: J( s4 _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.1 e0 G& ^4 a! v3 o3 `, w
『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。0 R# |' x: z1 y$ [. g( k& h

8 ~9 Z6 T4 k1 e+ J; {The little boy said: ' Thank you God for giving me enough money! '& y- z) F/ |: }. l0 K) o
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! ' '
# B4 s" o% D5 \- x+ R: C* ^0 b/ 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! 』; b5 M" h/ M5 v  @# ~

0 s6 F' Y" t- X# d'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. ' ') f0 p1 O7 A. }, J7 z0 S" H
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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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# t8 j! L& Z! }'My mommy loves white roses. ': z+ m" T# k: a7 P) T
『我媽媽喜歡白玫瑰』。4 d- J0 U( ^+ u% A; Q; T
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A few minutes later, the old lady returned and I left with my basket.
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* X- j/ a! `5 N* e9 g1 T. bI finished my shopping in a totally different state of mind from when I started.
! w! U1 H" K% h/ Z# |我從一開始就在完全不同的心境下購物。+ A, b2 T+ K. P: a

# H2 A% \  D3 b, u! X  DI couldn ' t get the little boy out of my mind.! k; E8 d; F! U5 P2 u# N$ r
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 young0 q( B* r4 k1 J" v. {' Y
woman and a little girl.5 f1 J- w1 R: H% f' ]' D
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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state. The family had to decide whether to pull the plug on the) z- _* z( F6 m" u4 J
life-sustaining machine, because the young woman would not be able to recover from the coma.
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,因為年輕少婦不可能從昏迷中恢復。
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1 E6 S: D. w/ eWas this the family of the little boy?
8 y# g% d" d' \5 Z$ r他就是這家庭的小男孩?6 Y" `% R1 _: P

! Y/ ~( ^. W- w  y' y( \9 STwo days after this encounter with the little boy, I read in the news paper that the young woman had passed away.
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4 v" i% J5 L0 I4 G  ~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." B& O( N' v$ u9 Y
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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( s  X+ @( f# A* j! [  aShe 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." y: t' C8 P: k- J* @5 R* f" I
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
7 C5 e% R" J4 h; Nstill, to this day, hard to imagine.# N8 A$ n( A! ?" o
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。, t# o- B/ H3 Y& h# c/ v

3 {; g, P* Z/ m. ~% ]And in a fraction of a second, a drunk driver had taken all this away from him.
0 O8 k4 F) |& u9 I+ O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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