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I was walking around in a Target store, when I saw a Cashier hand this little boy some money back.
4 j) ~! c& ]$ P' u# V6 v7 l8 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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/ i8 J' h& p2 Z oThe boy couldn ' t have been more than 5 or 6 years old.0 C2 j- A( q# |. Z# {
+ L9 x# A! T: n+ N5 i, i這男孩不過5、6歲。
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9 J! E" h, f" `. wThe Cashier said, ' I ' m sorry, but you don ' t have enough money to buy this doll. '
8 q3 V/ r8 n2 \3 f, g收銀員說:『抱歉!你買這娃娃的錢不夠。』
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, ?+ K, ~% Q5 [6 o4 ]Then the little boy turned to the old woman next to him: ' ' Granny,# X7 M; r, R6 L& N
are you sure I don ' t have enough money? ' '
+ c. z/ T9 \9 b8 _0 t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?」6 Y1 h0 J9 R' F5 |
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The old lady replied: ' ' You know that you don ' t have enough money to buy this doll, my dear. ' '" }2 j" }$ \: S
老婦人回道:「親愛的!你知道買這個娃娃的錢是不夠的。」# `1 x, C- O" C2 d; Y y, h3 n
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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 [6 }5 d, v+ G) L% r @ l @$ {
她要小男孩呆在那裡5分鐘,她一下就回來。 她迅速離開了。5 O( u* D6 p6 p( r' e
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. U3 \9 q$ q, L" m$ ]: r' EThe little boy was still holding the doll in his hand.
( P6 X+ \9 U* m, k$ b9 c- ?小男孩的手仍然握著娃娃。- x5 }, i7 r3 e3 k/ Z0 ~
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Finally, I walked toward him and I asked him who he wished to give this doll to.
& r+ x. |' q- [) v ~4 |最後我向他走去,問他這個娃娃你想給誰。 ) |; T3 d! O' @ x# {, ^0 x8 Z L
' o3 O, U3 @ f# x/ Q9 g( {'It ' s the doll that my sister loved most and wanted so much for Christmas.) Y$ [* o6 X) p8 F. L+ M b$ G
『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. '( b! Q9 }4 Z( A6 R
她一直認為聖誕老人會帶娃娃來給她的。」
, j( Y* i6 V; Z2 j) E$ ~! @! X! KI replied to him that maybe Santa Claus would bring it to her after all, and not to worry.
' J- L. j0 {+ E( U" i. v t5 M2 U9 B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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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 ?6 W/ N3 b) ~. X8 {
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. ' '
: z0 O8 v' p3 P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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! g' [5 Q8 Z- U: C* ~; N' h# u/ S4 ~My heart nearly stopped.
8 C+ R, H% @" q我的心臟幾乎要停止了。
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6 I9 h9 d9 N( \% {5 WThe 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. '! f! Z# @ A: d* v% ]# c0 u% M$ R
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。』4 Q) Y) ^ ^. |0 M7 T6 i
+ e' M; M6 R3 q; n7 _8 F. A, j; nThen 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. '
" F6 B/ q+ u9 ^; R7 ]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 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. '
# G- Y( B$ {* z) ~# |『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. L" X! T1 j- x' F: ?$ w
然後他安靜地用哀傷的眼睛再看著娃娃。
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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! ' ' j- h9 P) w3 b" h! e
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 Z1 K/ D) s6 c1 b
+ f' e, j# s' T, x'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.
- t4 g2 Z' O( s; ]! R5 M『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! '
: K& G" K w/ M& |7 q小男孩說:『謝謝上帝給了我足 的錢!』
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8 X# ^; p4 S+ j) j/ z! mThen 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! ' '9 D# S8 ^% E8 E0 H6 s: \+ E7 B
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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$ u- O2 e+ S# a/ b$ x7 V$ V'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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8 {# x( U3 u0 a0 {+ E' |『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。』+ g5 D! M2 k/ c, ~( A
2 A1 v# L+ o3 z4 a3 m* Y" y2 S'My mommy loves white roses. '
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A few minutes later, the old lady returned and I left with my basket.+ g) M; I7 B* M! E; n: L" N$ E( V, k
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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, `/ i0 F- j/ t8 Z2 x) a" u+ HI finished my shopping in a totally different state of mind from when I started.
8 e# d8 O$ _' ], Z) Z3 Q' v我從一開始就在完全不同的心境下購物。2 R, \0 z) @+ S) T' e
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I couldn ' t get the little boy out of my mind.* d) k: L1 x1 u5 K2 u
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 young/ z# t: F5 T7 f# s; q
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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。 g( l* N% q6 ?: ~
& W. Y2 c7 e- G7 t0 |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. S2 p& R0 g3 t" E
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?
0 w6 R% x) R: E3 D3 e/ C/ V. H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. ]$ D6 C2 x7 b1 ^" N N* w1 Y- s$ t
碰到小男孩的二天之後,我看了報紙年輕少婦過世了。# ^3 f: [% ?7 g
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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.
$ W0 W4 \' J6 X2 I9 T' B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。7 k" R" L/ v& i0 O% K5 c3 s& w3 Q- L
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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.' t- ~3 Y) S* |8 y6 \ \
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。: [+ b- k: _3 c n6 g
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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
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+ q6 g& ?$ c5 o0 j$ 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。
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And in a fraction of a second, a drunk driver had taken all this away from him.5 Z' ^ ]& f8 e+ G$ N \, s
就在一轉眼工夫,一位醉酒司機奪去了他的所有。 |
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