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I was walking around in a Target store, when I saw a Cashier hand this little boy some money back.% h" ~1 C A9 U" V. c
我在「塔杰」商店閒逛時，看到收銀員將一些錢退還給小男孩。3 E' x& @0 P8 V
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The boy couldn ' t have been more than 5 or 6 years old.$ z: _! h, ?9 n `7 Z
1 Y4 ~% p" \% ^$ x+ `# ^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. '
: D. t- Q" x2 R R5 m0 \收銀員說：『抱歉！你買這娃娃的錢不夠。』
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# S9 ~4 L) ]/ f1 P; ?7 N- F' j* p1 `Then the little boy turned to the old woman next to him: ' ' Granny,
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0 @; p4 s- h; _* M( d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？」$ _9 J) Z; r5 d& T( d* s- M7 m
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The old lady replied: ' ' You know that you don ' t have enough money to buy this doll, my dear. ' '
' d3 p* A) E& |, t" J老婦人回道：「親愛的！你知道買這個娃娃的錢是不夠的。」5 O. k3 A: ?8 ?2 b2 J4 x
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Then she asked him to stay there for just 5 minutes while she went to look around. She left quickly.
- G6 h* _5 Y, C8 b' q8 g0 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.
$ W& M3 B3 V) @8 T6 U; M小男孩的手仍然握著娃娃。 z: P \9 v8 ]3 ^/ I* I) _1 ?
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; w. i$ {% [8 ~. OFinally, I walked toward him and I asked him who he wished to give this doll to.0 u# W: [: z* F( K: \
最後我向他走去，問他這個娃娃你想給誰。 & ?7 }9 o4 R; c B+ E8 q% L! M
% b& E9 J7 Q* q* A. e2 y, \; x1 Y0 s'It ' s the doll that my sister loved most and wanted so much for Christmas.$ d( M" J- O7 Y
『這是我妹妹的最愛，非常想要的聖誕節娃娃。
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, ]8 c% I: o* {; N9 g* X' OShe was sure that Santa Claus would bring it to her. '
+ \" C! I0 J A* w她一直認為聖誕老人會帶娃娃來給她的。」
4 J; ?4 k: t3 i' ^6 ~I replied to him that maybe Santa Claus would bring it to her after all, and not to worry.9 L: o: D; m" A/ F9 R' u4 {1 i
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. '
/ h1 F1 i5 h- m& |) Z8 ^1 t8 o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。』! h6 m& F4 l* F$ M5 V% @% Q
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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. ' '
! c% D: ]% C; g# R3 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。』
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My heart nearly stopped.% D2 j" o! C, z. x: w
我的心臟幾乎要停止了。1 {; A% H) ], A6 N6 N6 s: r
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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. '
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# L6 O0 q& u: O% l- K% \$ mThen 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. ' m; k) O$ G) ^ }# \" [
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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; b' m4 I" b: H/ E; h'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. '
1 V# W- Z5 z E* Q* g『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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Then he looked again at the doll with sad eyes, very quietly.0 q4 s+ i T) p
然後他安靜地用哀傷的眼睛再看著娃娃。
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f9 v9 P! @' ?" E0 rI 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! ' '
; J7 I1 K% }- z8 Y" i" [2 i& v) h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! 』- }% F, K8 ~* K9 `! T2 Q. N
& t; x* z' r( `'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.( _6 a5 L) e4 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。7 V3 o$ i7 a y% @6 p- h
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The little boy said: ' Thank you God for giving me enough money! '$ \9 j+ T/ I8 n3 L; u4 o) A
小男孩說：『謝謝上帝給了我足 的錢!』
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7 ~! Q# X2 v3 `- h" tThen 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! ' '
! z# e+ M( d0 f; W! ^$ x) t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! 』% L" _1 d+ F X& ~
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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. ' '1 m" ~9 |* S8 a5 z9 K- a
3 ]' ^1 ?! ^* u# R『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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'My mommy loves white roses. '& `' [. R0 y4 t3 ]& d, Q
『我媽媽喜歡白玫瑰』。
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A few minutes later, the old lady returned and I left with my basket.$ a# A; m8 L* w6 b2 p
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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8 K3 g6 i* p! ^2 ZI finished my shopping in a totally different state of mind from when I started.
3 l/ D+ g' ]. ] k我從一開始就在完全不同的心境下購物。0 e7 y) N: ^$ L2 P8 M; B; j
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I couldn ' t get the little boy out of my mind.
* l+ }- q# ^; o1 z) F小男孩一直無法離開我的心境。
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8 J) g- \( p) 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 young
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# W2 K) F( G7 P0 H* _4 M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。; Q: {3 u. F# t$ t" l" V6 D
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The little girl died right away, and the mother was left in a critical
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life-sustaining machine, because the young woman would not be able to recover from the coma.+ i7 R; b+ v1 N: x$ N0 Z
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' s. @/ T! K: v4 ?+ R6 S
，因為年輕少婦不可能從昏迷中恢復。% I6 o' L, x, W. L+ L8 M4 u
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Was this the family of the little boy?6 Y) P1 ~! e& w! Z/ t3 V) r5 S5 P
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.
: W* x6 W* j! _7 O碰到小男孩的二天之後，我看了報紙年輕少婦過世了。6 ^1 j% ~" W* l* @' ]* {
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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.
& z% [, S" |/ |* ^* x* u, I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。2 z0 t8 Q! G" i: `# Q1 Y; u
" m5 @: Y1 D/ v& N# t6 n# bShe 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.9 K# X8 m+ `8 I- 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。) Z- X1 d: V& A% t/ R2 e
; k, ?5 Q0 H! _2 G& C. wI 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) Z. J$ e; J+ t
still, to this day, hard to imagine.
! i$ I7 e% t# m- B6 P Z7 h/ ?& v' C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。. b% C6 u* g+ R1 F. h$ Y5 ^( O
5 W# R3 g. r: W, C/ |( UAnd in a fraction of a second, a drunk driver had taken all this away from him." H' @* x$ X* v& _9 m9 W
就在一轉眼工夫，一位醉酒司機奪去了他的所有。 |
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