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I was walking around in a Target store, when I saw a Cashier hand this little boy some money back.+ i# A5 g) I' \
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.# B$ o G) q& j9 @, z; ]
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這男孩不過5、6歲。
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The Cashier said, ' I ' m sorry, but you don ' t have enough money to buy this doll. '% H+ M6 p' X4 W0 v3 T
收銀員說：『抱歉！你買這娃娃的錢不夠。』6 W' z6 [( ?( `5 S3 t' ?' z: z4 b( A
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Then the little boy turned to the old woman next to him: ' ' Granny,
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6 }) k# y$ G/ V- y「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. ' '/ F7 r7 t( d! B4 x9 U8 E
老婦人回道：「親愛的！你知道買這個娃娃的錢是不夠的。」6 H& t' C2 o! Q
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: @6 @, j9 r5 {4 d" b8 F9 ~Then she asked him to stay there for just 5 minutes while she went to look around. She left quickly.
* _9 M# X1 F" o1 e& Y& s+ x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.+ L# ?7 s; d3 C {
小男孩的手仍然握著娃娃。 s2 @0 @' S" D5 p m5 c
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' ~+ l! K# M/ r4 {+ cFinally, I walked toward him and I asked him who he wished to give this doll to.
4 a. B8 f; r; @7 z6 t+ K4 t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.
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She was sure that Santa Claus would bring it to her. '
8 u) K" J* R1 S1 f! g! }- t她一直認為聖誕老人會帶娃娃來給她的。」" b8 B" |4 {+ K' y# {) g
I replied to him that maybe Santa Claus would bring it to her after all, and not to worry.
) Q$ p& q" t, ]3 \- V( y w7 [- z我告訴他不用擔心，聖誕老人最後可能會帶給她的。7 [( e. Y+ l3 e5 [1 q: S/ w0 t
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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. '
' C8 }/ A% ~& F- b% u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。』4 N1 |0 k4 \/ d6 a A( d9 B0 a
$ |" m& S. S; V/ ^4 KHis 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. ' '/ l- B, f( W4 ?% _- W, L7 ?
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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) d3 l% F1 m1 jMy heart nearly stopped.
8 k! X/ {$ C/ T. v! B" \我的心臟幾乎要停止了。4 ]" V/ F# ~9 b9 e: N6 ^1 z6 A8 ~
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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. '
/ @; Y/ D* y* Q; r, d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. '+ w) a' m4 ^) c9 B
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。』& L& w5 U7 a+ w! e4 r- N) h1 G
$ {# q7 a/ `7 Z- F2 `'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. '5 B6 d4 O7 ~$ H, f0 k4 D
『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。』, J2 B& |1 V1 ~2 F7 _: H
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Then he looked again at the doll with sad eyes, very quietly.# i2 p8 t$ m: g3 U1 k. V/ t# @3 \
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$ m! i' h- o7 g# W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! 』. Z, b) R i( R' O1 R9 v) {/ x
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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.
4 B8 q1 G/ ]% |1 E% M* v1 E) K& f; p『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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9 `, o _* u4 o9 _/ AThe little boy said: ' Thank you God for giving me enough money! '9 L; R1 e: S$ w# z2 \9 I; m
小男孩說：『謝謝上帝給了我足 的錢!』) j& y3 ]7 g# @' _" X, z
8 }" l; p; {7 N4 i$ lThen 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! ' '
. K, |7 r4 I( i8 k) y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! 』5 v3 t( K( p j! s3 k
6 _! a7 b @7 P1 \" }% b3 h$ W# \9 r'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. ' '7 H6 ^3 a9 G0 h' w( H( g
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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。』 h! ^" _2 V5 y
7 R9 F. ^; z& Y- K1 o& O. |8 S'My mommy loves white roses. '0 v6 a( D" [1 F6 ]6 {0 i. W( \
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A few minutes later, the old lady returned and I left with my basket.
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I finished my shopping in a totally different state of mind from when I started.' t& }4 a& S$ c7 ]4 |
我從一開始就在完全不同的心境下購物。! z% W, s- N6 t2 E2 a- s
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I couldn ' t get the little boy out of my mind.' a" n) w2 M1 U# Y
小男孩一直無法離開我的心境。
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: |' o5 a0 \4 S* @/ \! H5 GThen 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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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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" @% m, P6 j3 a* AThe little girl died right away, and the mother was left in a critical
/ W7 _; H/ {5 K: E. vstate. The family had to decide whether to pull the plug on the, [; e- a& L6 S9 |: |6 f
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。& s: j: ]- p$ v& n
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8 {# ]5 q" d% i! h( M F0 dTwo days after this encounter with the little boy, I read in the news paper that the young woman had passed away.
# T- I2 v! l" ^( l碰到小男孩的二天之後，我看了報紙年輕少婦過世了。" {1 e% d4 X3 e# u" W3 _ r$ u
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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., c# d$ _1 x; |
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。: F, @+ m/ r! D, s
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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.
" d5 _# g, W" S+ Q* N6 h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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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) U+ _- ^- w8 o3 m
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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。
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And in a fraction of a second, a drunk driver had taken all this away from him.: X" m. @& w6 e% f! a3 \
就在一轉眼工夫，一位醉酒司機奪去了他的所有。 |
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