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I was walking around in a Target store, when I saw a Cashier hand this little boy some money back.
* f% h, w9 m2 O& 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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2 y: x% j( _6 ^0 {這男孩不過5、6歲。
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8 E; h) p6 R) T! P5 KThe Cashier said, ' I ' m sorry, but you don ' t have enough money to buy this doll. '
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/ z% |0 F$ K% d4 }Then the little boy turned to the old woman next to him: ' ' Granny,
! i# y! Y* m: L7 T6 ]are you sure I don ' t have enough money? ' '4 I: X* m" {( @9 c
小男孩轉向他旁邊的老婦人：6 K" A1 z2 B9 N4 r, s' Y# q# K$ j
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「奶奶！妳也認為我的錢不 嗎？」$ T, W- A5 z" K& x
/ z. q9 l7 G# M2 v# aThe old lady replied: ' ' You know that you don ' t have enough money to buy this doll, my dear. ' '
9 g8 f. X$ X# |' H* n. [! 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.& \/ z9 {& E4 L* @' G# f
她要小男孩呆在那裡5分鐘，她一下就回來。 她迅速離開了。7 t6 `/ h+ B: f
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The little boy was still holding the doll in his hand.0 y5 o2 I; m/ \0 s7 u# O0 G% F- q
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.) X, Y0 w$ M( \4 U; ~9 |
最後我向他走去，問他這個娃娃你想給誰。
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'It ' s the doll that my sister loved most and wanted so much for Christmas.' U$ F: o. ^, Q7 l2 E# W6 \9 F
『這是我妹妹的最愛，非常想要的聖誕節娃娃。$ i7 T* K. ^- z
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She was sure that Santa Claus would bring it to her. '
+ v. w% ~ w9 z* @她一直認為聖誕老人會帶娃娃來給她的。」
, Z7 e, D' |0 n+ I ]I replied to him that maybe Santa Claus would bring it to her after all, and not to worry.! W3 k D" M- M8 Q
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. '
2 o& e/ x# |+ L. r: {" u; T3 t& 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。』- R& _& J( h5 B, F5 e) f1 [. A
% [' a1 u1 k. ^" O, ~! jHis 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. ' '
$ B! z- D2 B# b+ g/ 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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My heart nearly stopped., k- `& k/ y6 q
我的心臟幾乎要停止了。
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6 L: B/ y: d# c7 L% Y% G! a3 FThe 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. '1 v& n8 _3 a2 ~8 `$ b! a9 f" 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。』# b/ V( Q2 u' {. @
1 x* ]( { U8 A gThen 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. '& H/ T3 _, [# Z
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。』4 |( P& o! ~% \
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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. '
# k. \- p, S" }! {6 B! {『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.
+ D4 f8 D& ~! ]% }+ K然後他安靜地用哀傷的眼睛再看著娃娃。" S0 g* z4 O2 _! a6 l0 ]
- O! ]: S4 b" B6 r& Q& FI 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! ' '
6 w2 g) L& p i: r* q+ @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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0 i/ Q' O9 O$ k& T'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 i4 P9 p5 d8 d3 \5 G! g7 E『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。$ k+ X T( J+ ^3 n7 k
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The little boy said: ' Thank you God for giving me enough money! '' s# r4 ^; P$ Y% B9 }9 @8 X) ^
小男孩說：『謝謝上帝給了我足 的錢!』* P3 _3 W; [3 ?% {+ q0 Z% {2 D) K1 f
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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! ' ', t; @1 {- i7 w' ^7 U
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! 』2 b5 }1 s: M1 E3 D9 p# v
! w# z% O$ r1 \! X% N7 H'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. ' '8 x, E6 n& Z0 G: C& G* f4 E
7 w( x/ M( P* }# l1 [8 p! 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。』5 j+ z- c5 u7 J3 N3 U
# y6 d; e* V8 R; }2 S- l& V v, G'My mommy loves white roses. '
$ U! U# i) `: I* D『我媽媽喜歡白玫瑰』。- A! S' Q, ~1 e" {
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A few minutes later, the old lady returned and I left with my basket.% ?# P0 _8 a6 w. x5 P4 [
幾分鐘後，老婦人回來了。我也就提了購物籃離開了。0 y5 m/ G1 v1 |% Y
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I finished my shopping in a totally different state of mind from when I started.7 ]2 K# W* K% ~! M" W0 x
我從一開始就在完全不同的心境下購物。
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I couldn ' t get the little boy out of my mind.- E5 s4 [8 F/ t Z7 b) ]! f
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
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: i3 W8 B8 v$ I4 q3 J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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The little girl died right away, and the mother was left in a critical+ Z) g3 v8 u9 l3 @* h
state. The family had to decide whether to pull the plug on the
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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- t3 h8 T0 h. D
，因為年輕少婦不可能從昏迷中恢復。
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Was this the family of the little boy?5 f5 K( T2 F! d5 E. K
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.
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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." {7 U; p8 X1 Q* J; x% m
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。+ Q. F3 W: L! W% w( ^* n$ Q$ x) N: |
8 R2 \4 W" s: J$ d0 zShe 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.
8 ]: `* e8 j6 l6 b% K, 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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) l, ~: v+ ~5 r- `- [$ `* l: a5 vI 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 is6 P- Z% l6 E& u% T. H
still, to this day, hard to imagine.
7 r6 r) M1 i2 K( \: q7 H$ e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., T( ~9 X- @9 G5 {
就在一轉眼工夫，一位醉酒司機奪去了他的所有。 |
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