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動人心弦的小男孩 (Little Boy Touches Hearts)

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发表于 2009-5-28 19:40 | 显示全部楼层 |阅读模式
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I was walking around in a Target store, when I saw a Cashier hand this little boy some money back.
% D. x$ S9 j+ [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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! t& j* K  h) R: i' DThe Cashier said, ' I ' m sorry, but you don ' t have enough money to buy this doll. '+ i7 G$ p2 D, j9 i
收銀員說:『抱歉!你買這娃娃的錢不夠。』
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  Y$ D; V1 ?7 DThen the little boy turned to the old woman next to him: ' ' Granny,! `1 x  _: x' W! Z3 f; D
are you sure I don ' t have enough money? ' ', U, T& a/ E5 i1 M0 B* T  a
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?」! a- E0 R) _: R) |

: I4 e: F2 \6 ]# R% U6 MThe old lady replied: ' ' You know that you don ' t have enough money to buy this doll, my dear. ' '
. N+ L. d  K: S5 H! a- F$ }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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9 d2 G& y8 ]. [8 HThen she asked him to stay there for just 5 minutes while she went to look around. She left quickly.) R7 J$ y! c6 ^. Z7 k, 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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& G; U! z$ e& d/ K( PThe little boy was still holding the doll in his hand.
2 |6 I7 K9 v0 A9 T小男孩的手仍然握著娃娃。3 ?. p6 G, h! C# I( Y/ f
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% f3 O: i( V7 e' WFinally, I walked toward him and I asked him who he wished to give this doll to.$ B+ e5 A7 L9 _+ |; d
最後我向他走去,問他這個娃娃你想給誰。 ' i: h5 \9 A6 h5 q

( y# r5 J. _4 R. M) s- z'It ' s the doll that my sister loved most and wanted so much for Christmas.3 w/ h( C9 l, F+ T& p, j
『這是我妹妹的最愛,非常想要的聖誕節娃娃。& D! E; w! h1 j

) h5 c) I) w- y5 v/ g# O4 R/ t3 _She was sure that Santa Claus would bring it to her. '6 D/ T( |' G$ C. Q7 a, L1 z
她一直認為聖誕老人會帶娃娃來給她的。」4 J: w! g. q" V. u# v) A
I replied to him that maybe Santa Claus would bring it to her after all, and not to worry.
8 D- w- o9 l# ?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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* C' I% s+ G1 \+ `! jBut 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. '
. ~$ C& }( N) [; ^/ l, ^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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' P5 n. k" R/ J: |! X' \( bHis 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. ' '
: b4 Z9 v" w& R! }2 K  l6 u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。』& J& g& @7 i' R6 _
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+ _# d& O2 V5 X1 XMy heart nearly stopped.! M* O3 P; R/ _' 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. '
% k" y8 l  m2 z8 _8 A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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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. '' r- A0 H4 Q" _2 b0 i( |8 C3 A
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。』: M& E; m. M! S' R1 J7 C! u1 U' F) o2 K
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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. '' z# T( M& v# z' y8 [
『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。』  v0 ], n8 i! j

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Then he looked again at the doll with sad eyes, very quietly.
9 |2 n" R) j+ O% @& S  C& v. I然後他安靜地用哀傷的眼睛再看著娃娃。
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* V; B3 d' F! V" |) t# A5 L2 {- tI 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! ' '" @" J' a% h  T8 s- d- 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! 』/ ^  r3 w; Q1 K# b8 ?$ `9 w' d

: z! `3 L; l. L7 V'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.
' r+ P; n3 R# M$ a: O) t( 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。
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The little boy said: ' Thank you God for giving me enough money! '
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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! ' '
, m1 i2 q4 b! B/ q- Q; D. Z& N: o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! 』, b/ i" a9 j( n7 p

& c7 F0 \2 E8 f/ X) B1 e1 L'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. ' ': L6 Y9 D0 x2 M3 k& N

. ^5 }/ w1 _0 C0 |  `. [『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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: F5 m: N: H1 `6 @# R'My mommy loves white roses. '- R8 o) o7 v& H, @7 Z  I) D7 x
『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.
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" S0 i! H' X- c8 dI finished my shopping in a totally different state of mind from when I started.
$ t& e; d2 @2 v( M8 T' _我從一開始就在完全不同的心境下購物。% e7 R" h5 W5 V; D( O
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I couldn ' t get the little boy out of my mind.9 P$ P; ^2 P# j4 \6 R
小男孩一直無法離開我的心境。: g& m/ O# {/ _% l1 {9 A

6 X" x  ^0 L: D/ aThen 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 young8 ^' ]4 y. z* X% B  U: x
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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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3 X1 E# z7 G" @The little girl died right away, and the mother was left in a critical& t# {3 A4 o1 K# j2 |! f2 j
state. The family had to decide whether to pull the plug on the$ w8 x7 N7 y5 d& q" B1 k
life-sustaining machine, because the young woman would not be able to recover from the coma.# d- i, y* K: s& N; \* t6 e, h2 l$ l/ c
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% s7 r- v4 g* Y/ g9 F
,因為年輕少婦不可能從昏迷中恢復。
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5 i, a+ g$ k$ t) L+ [Was this the family of the little boy?
# |' k% [7 f# p他就是這家庭的小男孩?
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; W3 H, b$ k7 }Two days after this encounter with the little boy, I read in the news paper that the young woman had passed away.8 [' [& n8 O6 b+ A3 n! B
碰到小男孩的二天之後,我看了報紙年輕少婦過世了。' [) z6 U* q& I5 N' @2 @4 D

" ~. C$ e' V( p+ n/ T  YI 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.* A0 E; f# c7 X5 r. _
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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! J7 j& h# x' Z" e, r4 W% BShe 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.
" V$ U- A8 H+ b) K8 T/ z+ t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 z' r* }: U0 U: V

" d3 H( z! ?: A, L$ R8 E3 XI 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 is8 W: b+ \! \+ m. g( q  D  L
still, to this day, hard to imagine.
, T8 O" w/ |. B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。7 ~+ C, p. r+ n$ c: D8 e: X

9 u! o( ]6 T% C7 w1 |5 ^4 d* yAnd in a fraction of a second, a drunk driver had taken all this away from him.
3 c+ U. L7 l5 e+ W1 I, J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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