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I was walking around in a Target store, when I saw a Cashier hand this little boy some money back.
3 D$ U2 i6 B; [$ o+ 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。. M/ {. r' [' `5 }5 p* z, L, A
& l, Z2 M7 M: B8 mThe boy couldn ' t have been more than 5 or 6 years old.
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這男孩不過5、6歲。: z6 U4 j, ~* P' j, z
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+ l4 B! y& {- s3 q, X! w- u: J! @7 XThe Cashier said, ' I ' m sorry, but you don ' t have enough money to buy this doll. '7 C3 @) g4 G8 \: C* c; p$ t5 C% b' V
收銀員說：『抱歉！你買這娃娃的錢不夠。』/ D) L9 h- f8 |: {9 i% B
! ~ S0 d' n% E7 oThen the little boy turned to the old woman next to him: ' ' Granny,! O+ W2 y3 n' q
are you sure I don ' t have enough money? ' '
! g# _& x q$ Y* ?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. ' '
* M- Q5 X9 {* @& J6 A: a8 J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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5 F6 G" f/ u3 ^ g: MThen she asked him to stay there for just 5 minutes while she went to look around. She left quickly.
- a( A) C/ t+ k6 g+ x. i9 t) ~她要小男孩呆在那裡5分鐘，她一下就回來。 她迅速離開了。4 f7 F* e8 d1 m }" s8 ^8 r5 I. `
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l. w1 ~! R) @% x& L1 gThe little boy was still holding the doll in his hand.) }2 l: Z6 x& W1 r9 O
小男孩的手仍然握著娃娃。2 w+ A# | Y* a! S0 n! `
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1 [4 i; S, b5 W' u* d/ jFinally, I walked toward him and I asked him who he wished to give this doll to.
5 l1 f0 D4 H( {9 U p最後我向他走去，問他這個娃娃你想給誰。 : N; p( t- n1 K5 ^ u/ k1 s! k
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'It ' s the doll that my sister loved most and wanted so much for Christmas.
7 o' h* @0 R4 K1 E『這是我妹妹的最愛，非常想要的聖誕節娃娃。
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, D/ Y' X3 w& sShe was sure that Santa Claus would bring it to her. '
% E1 P; c( O9 @- q她一直認為聖誕老人會帶娃娃來給她的。」8 B( n5 W; n6 L5 H5 `
I replied to him that maybe Santa Claus would bring it to her after all, and not to worry.
6 }2 G9 X0 O# R* s! w& F) e我告訴他不用擔心，聖誕老人最後可能會帶給她的。8 r3 h ^5 q, d+ O. j5 y8 `# h
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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. '
# K/ H; X3 X1 Q" c5 v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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* I' z& U$ p$ r2 s1 G* VHis 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. ' '$ l3 x8 f' u! ]" `; k
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。』+ ]$ A$ ^ l* ?
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我的心臟幾乎要停止了。0 v/ ~! J: F, W+ `
1 t" {1 L8 X" QThe 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. '
& P) _! u) E _6 K7 `0 I; @, f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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. G& [# ~. c- g+ g7 a/ }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. '2 B# ] l8 {1 ~9 ~, u& l. 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。』
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$ p4 M5 I( @* i3 Z. Y5 D. i6 X'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. '* G9 W0 [0 H+ H9 s% M. m
『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。』+ R; s! q J. v, ~) W
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* k" a% n) b0 Y# i3 FThen he looked again at the doll with sad eyes, very quietly.7 H$ T8 Y% @/ z
然後他安靜地用哀傷的眼睛再看著娃娃。; ?$ L+ u. A5 X3 Q/ \
! A' f0 H# x6 j0 _8 G) nI 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! ' '$ k3 n6 a& d9 q& F0 P
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! 』7 M2 @7 d$ x5 h+ E M- Q/ ]: \: i
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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.) g' Z( ?/ g* M' i2 w8 O: H
『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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2 s5 V- Y8 c, `) |The little boy said: ' Thank you God for giving me enough money! '# s+ W+ T3 v0 a" n+ ^$ I. f! O/ U" N
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! ' '
+ y. N. O6 m3 T2 s$ Z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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'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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5 L1 d' n q3 ~5 [* @, v. p8 d『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。』. v1 ~! f+ C; P; ~) [0 o
3 E1 }8 V4 l( V" I4 U'My mommy loves white roses. '
9 |6 P' }, t5 Q; t『我媽媽喜歡白玫瑰』。6 R M% P' J7 U1 v8 g2 C# t& ?$ L
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A few minutes later, the old lady returned and I left with my basket.
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+ f4 A! ^; r. i, GI finished my shopping in a totally different state of mind from when I started.
# W2 O; ], }& |6 ]9 P ?我從一開始就在完全不同的心境下購物。3 C* R) e' i- V7 e) c' G- b4 x
8 O/ S8 h# d2 g8 A7 U# c& ^) T: rI couldn ' t get the little boy out of my mind.9 ?; F7 i1 k& \$ H( W' E, s! l
小男孩一直無法離開我的心境。, @; `& c2 L& l4 q. X* q9 H! k
6 ]8 x) t+ y; J! T% h) z+ A0 PThen 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 young9 \# p# f, N0 X4 H* _1 o
woman and a little girl.
5 O0 L& q8 {- _2 {: H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。. e+ I0 P- B$ ]4 p& k3 O
% }& a2 S& d! B" @5 f; xThe little girl died right away, and the mother was left in a critical B5 D) _$ R0 U2 ?7 G9 A9 Y. ^
state. The family had to decide whether to pull the plug on the/ Z' v2 k! z6 q* w
life-sustaining machine, because the young woman would not be able to recover from the coma.
# p2 p. x7 T1 ]( U7 l' U# v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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; S& e- h$ ?" N0 ?) h, ~Was this the family of the little boy?! e2 L- C! U) u2 H- M2 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.. J. G" P: E' }7 K
碰到小男孩的二天之後，我看了報紙年輕少婦過世了。; H4 T* b$ v- |. i% G$ f9 U9 W; X
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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.
; ~8 c! D" T- n5 F' n1 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。4 u3 l- q- ^1 F# x! p
# I4 A+ b5 U0 \: nShe 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.
2 Z0 ^7 j' k' N$ M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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# `' O2 ^" }) D2 \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
8 w H0 j. w+ ?3 X) r/ l jstill, to this day, hard to imagine.
, ~/ E+ x7 i9 `) e6 U& w; w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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