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I was walking around in a Target store, when I saw a Cashier hand this little boy some money back.
$ D4 d5 M* Y6 n) s; d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.+ f4 \+ H: o) |8 V, [- I
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這男孩不過5、6歲。
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+ @) I0 z- r' h& H9 j: ]The Cashier said, ' I ' m sorry, but you don ' t have enough money to buy this doll. '
8 c% r4 L9 R, t5 M) o5 ~收銀員說：『抱歉！你買這娃娃的錢不夠。』
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Then the little boy turned to the old woman next to him: ' ' Granny,
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% u' \- a# U/ b9 c小男孩轉向他旁邊的老婦人：
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5 N, k, @6 G6 r「奶奶！妳也認為我的錢不 嗎？」2 A) i" {. M/ P* s( I" l8 N
/ ^8 w; X+ E1 y ?1 r- |The old lady replied: ' ' You know that you don ' t have enough money to buy this doll, my dear. ' '
h9 E" m& Q$ V: v4 o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.
2 k4 K! |/ S2 u6 s0 n她要小男孩呆在那裡5分鐘，她一下就回來。 她迅速離開了。! j& X( m# w; j/ a4 u
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The little boy was still holding the doll in his hand.) U& u$ C' F* d; C$ @* A
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.
9 j5 l% q/ E0 [最後我向他走去，問他這個娃娃你想給誰。 & X3 r6 {3 c/ r; Y9 t* K; r
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'It ' s the doll that my sister loved most and wanted so much for Christmas.
6 `) k# b: g6 Y! I" m2 v" N \- _『這是我妹妹的最愛，非常想要的聖誕節娃娃。
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. g' ^. u+ F O, j1 o* |/ WShe was sure that Santa Claus would bring it to her. '! D$ q+ u# N/ N+ m+ Z$ x
她一直認為聖誕老人會帶娃娃來給她的。」
: \7 r/ D9 ]) R. y4 qI replied to him that maybe Santa Claus would bring it to her after all, and not to worry.) G @* t) k& }5 J7 z
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. '8 Y5 i- F: {1 f9 R' K o% k! ]
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 ~ D, P' w/ O9 H( T- a) _
% G j+ _, u& |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. ' '( c8 o7 y* B$ q7 h2 n$ R
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.9 U: y7 R2 ~2 f
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. ') i/ e s' {4 F# }2 [
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。』6 m8 r$ _: E% o) m" F" y
1 Y- r# t z0 V2 Q' 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. '" [: K& K/ n4 A) z: h/ 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。』: {6 \# v u& @6 Z+ B \/ k0 A- L
- ~& u( J* W3 Z8 c$ @7 I'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. '
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Then he looked again at the doll with sad eyes, very quietly.
. S- c/ _0 w& @, u然後他安靜地用哀傷的眼睛再看著娃娃。
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' n/ P. l) P" N' P) h* Q! x4 YI 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* V* k+ l9 b0 {, 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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'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.
, d6 y* m9 b# m9 J' F/ Y& B6 n: 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。
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The little boy said: ' Thank you God for giving me enough money! '1 h; `/ r; @/ s( P; d# N* {
小男孩說：『謝謝上帝給了我足 的錢!』& P9 G+ K: a6 v) Y# p' q% i
: ~$ o& L: ]- p0 [! r/ Y+ UThen 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! ' '' O& }1 z+ u8 y7 _) g3 z) ]0 ?1 l
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. ' ') e$ [/ U# [2 N+ J% |
1 ]7 x* [! W+ Z% \* ~『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。』
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7 L" N7 U3 \- G* E; u. ]# |# h'My mommy loves white roses. '
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% g; x6 a9 ~% e& }6 w, B! _A few minutes later, the old lady returned and I left with my basket.
7 {( e( C7 i! x. g- U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.
4 g% v: a$ r" N. Y) C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., {) K8 ^; Q, [% ~+ R0 t
小男孩一直無法離開我的心境。
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# s# }* r% g0 lThen 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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The little girl died right away, and the mother was left in a critical
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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
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他就是這家庭的小男孩？2 S: J, W% Q" O
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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.* [; x& O; [" l, j
碰到小男孩的二天之後，我看了報紙年輕少婦過世了。
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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.( m o7 ?/ ~' E6 o
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。& V) m; L3 E0 b2 z9 k M
+ }) O, w |8 \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.
4 v$ S+ f. i" P/ h6 y- k) Q: K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。# \9 W" m; }+ c0 R* ?( Q2 p
# |$ G1 N h% l- h7 FI 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" O5 W8 U8 j+ S7 W/ E. O- j
still, to this day, hard to imagine.
8 J8 x3 W; n) f7 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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