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I was walking around in a Target store, when I saw a Cashier hand this little boy some money back.# j4 L" b% n$ j& \8 v
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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( a: M, s1 w! B* h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. '" b4 }3 @& T+ e# ~: P
收銀員說：『抱歉！你買這娃娃的錢不夠。』0 g/ J" e) X/ a4 ~: w9 P8 s( Q6 L
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Then the little boy turned to the old woman next to him: ' ' Granny,* z. G) _3 e3 c: E. g( ?; @, I
are you sure I don ' t have enough money? ' '
7 s; Q. k5 F: o# g$ O小男孩轉向他旁邊的老婦人：* x; K" ^# \4 I2 @
) z9 {* r0 @, K% z, D: Y% G. V「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. ' '( l1 V# O3 A2 ~( h1 p, K
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.) h1 y/ [2 R3 ]. T) x6 y
她要小男孩呆在那裡5分鐘，她一下就回來。 她迅速離開了。+ R: k: |/ v& F! t0 k4 l
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The little boy was still holding the doll in his hand./ `9 x) r0 X+ h2 Y% B e2 ?! Y E
小男孩的手仍然握著娃娃。+ V( x! y( z/ i& p. a8 |5 n
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Finally, I walked toward him and I asked him who he wished to give this doll to.
+ W, m* Z- y" F. ~6 p1 f; s4 @" a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." r- G7 |7 [( `4 E+ p9 c# x7 m
『這是我妹妹的最愛，非常想要的聖誕節娃娃。
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She was sure that Santa Claus would bring it to her. '
9 `& f" V Y. E$ P4 P# n: ]3 p她一直認為聖誕老人會帶娃娃來給她的。」4 [) c' ]/ `; b9 w
I replied to him that maybe Santa Claus would bring it to her after all, and not to worry., K: @8 G! B$ B$ H% R w
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. '( E- u3 C9 W! t$ f7 r4 Q2 a
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。』+ e& B6 Y( F. D, S" p7 E- 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. ' '
1 n0 {2 {2 a4 ^5 }8 t( G) [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。』$ [- B! j1 [$ i6 m" B$ }3 `/ W' p
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8 V$ ?1 |( G$ O& \My heart nearly stopped.
+ T/ I. W& F% A5 g5 R2 e我的心臟幾乎要停止了。6 P$ k. _/ h" q* t( W8 j6 O
0 k# a7 }) V. Y$ IThe 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. '" r: g7 N- I6 [/ t
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。』/ |& |" k ~% C9 N
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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- j7 V# q1 W5 e" ]! K
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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'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. '
: f, s" c6 m5 [/ y/ @『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。』' b0 b% w, [' J
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Then he looked again at the doll with sad eyes, very quietly.) c ?; e# E; ?- w9 P6 d* g0 \
然後他安靜地用哀傷的眼睛再看著娃娃。- S0 F0 N# V. S5 s% ~3 P8 ]
/ e% b3 G% b, b. L h' x6 G: TI 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! ' '
% w: c6 f+ v2 M% X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! 』$ y% g3 k$ y) y4 B/ f, J8 N' n
' Y+ p& p+ w7 v'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.
" ?7 r. t$ y9 |0 f8 u8 o『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。0 z5 N* y. ?# F9 S
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The little boy said: ' Thank you God for giving me enough money! '6 v6 f) L& L1 c! L- w1 M0 e
小男孩說：『謝謝上帝給了我足 的錢!』5 Z! o0 R4 k$ [5 S( v0 U& O
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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! ' '2 e3 h% }" l; C i
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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! l9 s/ y5 s3 l$ A8 `『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。』! d5 b7 c& T# c9 A% ^# `
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'My mommy loves white roses. '/ m. U7 L* M3 f
『我媽媽喜歡白玫瑰』。; D8 }+ o% ]! `- C
. E+ v1 V' L" w" y0 J& X: XA few minutes later, the old lady returned and I left with my basket.
' ]) z: P/ n' U" W: u/ v9 \9 x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 q, W- O9 k; z' u$ h( X! ~我從一開始就在完全不同的心境下購物。
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$ M# g3 G$ J* c" y: BI couldn ' t get the little boy out of my mind.
8 \, E- B# Z# c1 o; G小男孩一直無法離開我的心境。7 B! p, I% v) ~6 d( g! U
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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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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。( n2 r8 ^& ^ {* W2 n
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The little girl died right away, and the mother was left in a critical( K: P8 e% p" N: T/ W( @$ j! O) l
state. The family had to decide whether to pull the plug on the7 E1 \! Z! \3 z$ w4 n. J; L M
life-sustaining machine, because the young woman would not be able to recover from the coma.0 \ I* F4 E5 P1 q" J* T8 k
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% ]3 g( K" M) o( Q
，因為年輕少婦不可能從昏迷中恢復。$ J! @" B) i$ |" m8 ^8 E
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Was this the family of the little boy?+ L( Q( c0 r5 m9 \+ Q
他就是這家庭的小男孩？" V3 w, X! ? `' w. w! w! z
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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.9 l0 h; V2 c0 s: h, `* W+ k' s- d
碰到小男孩的二天之後，我看了報紙年輕少婦過世了。' R7 a, |" {% v
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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.
- }3 F8 f, Y: h" ]! B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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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.8 K$ m9 x$ c8 `1 N/ 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
) B1 H: _* |! K: j) Rstill, to this day, hard to imagine.1 E1 @ C" ~2 @4 z z. _
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。, g+ R* f9 }0 |7 F0 w! M y: M2 l G4 e
, R" V; k ^+ H6 V5 V# O3 p( @, H% EAnd in a fraction of a second, a drunk driver had taken all this away from him.8 y5 q5 d; Z1 \$ g o
就在一轉眼工夫，一位醉酒司機奪去了他的所有。 |
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