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I was walking around in a Target store, when I saw a Cashier hand this little boy some money back.+ [- E' A0 `( g+ w, W
我在「塔杰」商店閒逛時,看到收銀員將一些錢退還給小男孩。, A; P! T Y# S; c7 Z4 S) o
2 [! `' e6 h; _4 s" d; U+ yThe boy couldn ' t have been more than 5 or 6 years old.
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這男孩不過5、6歲。
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- f$ r1 U6 `% YThe Cashier said, ' I ' m sorry, but you don ' t have enough money to buy this doll. '4 c" ]$ w0 Y3 Y. Y( m5 s; `
收銀員說:『抱歉!你買這娃娃的錢不夠。』
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% d: L. O S7 s3 V0 E$ @Then the little boy turned to the old woman next to him: ' ' Granny,& i, p/ O' t8 x3 v2 D
are you sure I don ' t have enough money? ' '2 A- z9 _. K7 g' E2 M" a4 o: ^, E
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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The old lady replied: ' ' You know that you don ' t have enough money to buy this doll, my dear. ' '
8 q) E f# s; L. e/ e/ e" _老婦人回道:「親愛的!你知道買這個娃娃的錢是不夠的。」1 Q: U) L# G" _% V& c
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4 o" x5 S* i; {) `6 B5 s# A5 _Then she asked him to stay there for just 5 minutes while she went to look around. She left quickly.2 c! ^" r8 q1 o4 H7 L& z% h
她要小男孩呆在那裡5分鐘,她一下就回來。 她迅速離開了。2 t9 `# p+ a& `5 D- Q
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The little boy was still holding the doll in his hand.# w; t" I/ G8 g6 e2 V
小男孩的手仍然握著娃娃。9 _# B( o) s9 y( Q6 I- V
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! o9 x2 {" D7 E( ~Finally, I walked toward him and I asked him who he wished to give this doll to.
/ j" Y% \6 F& m8 f$ t$ ^- R最後我向他走去,問他這個娃娃你想給誰。
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* S% {: w6 E( b; `: v'It ' s the doll that my sister loved most and wanted so much for Christmas.
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She was sure that Santa Claus would bring it to her. '
" G& o% f* x! }- x她一直認為聖誕老人會帶娃娃來給她的。」7 r" w! \ T1 f
I replied to him that maybe Santa Claus would bring it to her after all, and not to worry.! `' [7 Y! `1 m& K
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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8 L, [& ^* V- M: g5 p; C/ 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. ' e+ a: ?' |$ J u% W- ]1 [* R
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。』* q: X. M: g! f' K# @
( y, V6 Q4 o# m0 c4 QHis 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. ' '
+ P1 s5 \! o6 i' ]# I! D" P9 ?3 D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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X9 o$ |! C5 A9 d5 HMy heart nearly stopped.; |" c, z2 K, w4 D' N
我的心臟幾乎要停止了。" P/ l% b. ^: x+ J& S- ? b
/ G& Q' }: B8 [* A( [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. '+ z" {( d! R/ q7 x
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. '
! Q$ P: y. X# a; l8 h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。』% W8 L, c' k: U4 h- L2 [. q: V
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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. ') c+ }& n/ W; F: F# h) G& 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。』" j) h4 G; ~; [. p! B ]6 d$ r
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Then he looked again at the doll with sad eyes, very quietly.
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, j1 E# f) [) y ?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! ' '# I4 u8 Q5 U3 L0 _+ V4 q! g: c0 ]
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! 』; G% _/ f% |# b1 m( o7 E0 D
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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 o/ j. j, ?% [+ u* 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。
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+ L! n! a. a% p' mThe little boy said: ' Thank you God for giving me enough money! '7 G# Y" O0 H3 Y4 ?% Q! M
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! ' '
# M& o$ N3 T5 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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8 B5 N) Z4 ^9 y9 A6 c: t6 ^2 f'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. ' '& R% d% ~" o6 X- V1 b
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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。』7 Y5 Z* \0 L- `3 I/ \: f1 k
# |: K! S+ G8 k9 z( [/ p6 \# u! @'My mommy loves white roses. '# Y2 _ k, u, Q* f8 H8 w
『我媽媽喜歡白玫瑰』。
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: g2 \' ?- H, b$ f1 w$ n5 h8 l8 gA few minutes later, the old lady returned and I left with my basket.: [/ ^5 V3 M0 S! Q+ I1 ^0 [
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.
0 X- P' h3 F$ f& U) P) b+ U我從一開始就在完全不同的心境下購物。5 O5 L: @8 Y; N! R( V8 L4 S
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I couldn ' t get the little boy out of my mind.
% m6 |- _) B% S! d小男孩一直無法離開我的心境。5 K) i) i# s$ B q1 I1 c4 p& Z e+ v6 {
5 i# \$ d7 Q# j7 g9 T7 W/ C7 \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
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6 e$ E- |, P& n4 M1 q% [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。; u' g) T% z3 W2 ]: m8 ~
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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., U* L* \+ `7 s1 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
5 R o* ~* ?2 W6 O,因為年輕少婦不可能從昏迷中恢復。
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& K; {2 t, B6 Y) b5 M- NWas this the family of the little boy?
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6 Y( B& u) g9 y; k1 z: j# [Two 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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~2 f z6 X( `7 F8 v0 lI 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.
; U) ~% j# T" b- z. _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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K& h% \; T o6 i9 B" ~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." ?( a" H( y0 x Y
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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- Y2 D1 W+ j2 B" D/ KI 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- C# ]! Q e! g* K0 m
still, to this day, hard to imagine.
) E( a% ?- S0 r/ X. M( g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.
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