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I was walking around in a Target store, when I saw a Cashier hand this little boy some money back.
: y/ b5 I$ F) e4 \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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5 C) j2 X$ G; t這男孩不過5、6歲。' p. g8 w- a. c. L( @! X: g) r; d
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. r% A. C6 v+ Z! \+ F! t: U; mThe Cashier said, ' I ' m sorry, but you don ' t have enough money to buy this doll. '
1 w* c5 `/ B' ^( n收銀員說：『抱歉！你買這娃娃的錢不夠。』/ C* C% U4 b. Z8 R4 E) b
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Then the little boy turned to the old woman next to him: ' ' Granny,
W" }* q( R( K8 L; Xare you sure I don ' t have enough money? ' '4 M. c$ M. f+ f1 E. C J
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. ' '5 _' a9 h; b A/ ]; n) G
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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- G0 Y+ E- L% O$ YThen she asked him to stay there for just 5 minutes while she went to look around. She left quickly.
% S; z; z2 `% W1 J/ o% Y' F/ i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.
, ? {- x/ [4 {& X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.
8 k: ?0 e+ ~. v+ i A最後我向他走去，問他這個娃娃你想給誰。
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% D/ t. V: H. g$ q'It ' s the doll that my sister loved most and wanted so much for Christmas.! j8 A' [: S, v' r
『這是我妹妹的最愛，非常想要的聖誕節娃娃。
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5 \$ d; x/ Z* v* K9 Z5 |She was sure that Santa Claus would bring it to her. '8 ?& q. Q' p7 x
她一直認為聖誕老人會帶娃娃來給她的。」
' D4 i! D4 [/ @" |I replied to him that maybe Santa Claus would bring it to her after all, and not to worry.9 ~( |$ a9 P8 c
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. '
- k0 p+ z( h% ~8 c) {3 m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- Z! a2 o: V6 D
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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. ' '' A1 q" q2 O. U! \+ c/ |
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.
# d) N2 X) F, N8 z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. '
6 m& E8 y: K4 Y8 K2 c: p. j0 T) I n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。』7 W0 }4 P% V, n1 L4 `' H. W; {
4 m4 }- t2 R- c8 z+ KThen 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. '
; @$ e( N0 X+ u! M& q7 F6 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。』/ u6 q, n' ~" w" n4 g" H( _
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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. '0 z0 R, Q( f2 q
『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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. R1 I# _& i! D/ n XThen he looked again at the doll with sad eyes, very quietly./ w% }( P8 E) Q1 J% T. ?/ a
然後他安靜地用哀傷的眼睛再看著娃娃。5 w( |) @# W! H( q3 }
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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! ' '
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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.
0 z( b( }, y1 }, q『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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" _+ K5 b0 f8 t1 `( fThe little boy said: ' Thank you God for giving me enough money! '2 v D2 U w5 g0 h1 h* v
小男孩說：『謝謝上帝給了我足 的錢!』7 u1 B8 ?/ `& e" T Y4 {
2 m9 X& u, H* p& p% HThen 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! ' '5 m( i6 O3 g& t+ j/ H5 i1 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! 』
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4 J# R( y2 x+ y8 L' d1 p'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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『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。』% l# k: `8 Y0 g3 @" d
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'My mommy loves white roses. '; q8 @, @# |$ b4 q6 x) k8 ^3 z) L8 d
『我媽媽喜歡白玫瑰』。
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/ h) [6 c" q% S/ w/ AA few minutes later, the old lady returned and I left with my basket.+ V) Z8 E! D: j
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.& I G* P- o+ N: O2 a6 z
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.
' x& L2 h7 i1 _$ A/ O f3 `小男孩一直無法離開我的心境。
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4 c" |/ v, ^6 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 ]% c. a% x( u2 `0 X+ w
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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。7 E# w; L% h. u, M6 k
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The little girl died right away, and the mother was left in a critical# z" e- j/ l7 ^# B( ~3 d
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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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' C2 r, Y( I* n1 D8 r! QWas this the family of the little boy?
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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.) i& }; o- u0 t* ?
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。$ N4 B& ?6 Q$ R7 \( i
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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.- p1 z, W" d7 ?% O4 d
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。$ ?* A/ Y/ U: Z' `
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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" K" D) O# {. E( ]8 E
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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。2 j: K) _7 _ s5 I9 Z3 S" j% U9 h5 B
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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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