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I was walking around in a Target store, when I saw a Cashier hand this little boy some money back.
( `$ G! {, Y7 Z0 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。7 b! m2 l3 |* V' n A- I$ o: V
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The boy couldn ' t have been more than 5 or 6 years old.
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The Cashier said, ' I ' m sorry, but you don ' t have enough money to buy this doll. '
' s2 Q, u3 g. W' h0 }收銀員說:『抱歉!你買這娃娃的錢不夠。』
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# }- h3 O1 Y# v5 _0 f! S9 r& XThen the little boy turned to the old woman next to him: ' ' Granny,6 Y& C' [# I' H- q# j
are you sure I don ' t have enough money? ' '
4 \2 M; ?+ |% F% G6 |小男孩轉向他旁邊的老婦人:1 ` i$ _$ ^& `) r& s N: ?. T# Y
3 j _1 x" y; v6 i「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. ' '/ i) N6 w' Y3 ?4 s; Z5 T- H1 r/ @
老婦人回道:「親愛的!你知道買這個娃娃的錢是不夠的。」$ c i+ Y1 P4 R. u# n, C9 v6 Y
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Then she asked him to stay there for just 5 minutes while she went to look around. She left quickly.8 g. L$ E& u" x$ Q7 j$ I; ?; x% 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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- E) {1 y# C; p) @9 L0 JThe little boy was still holding the doll in his hand.
& I4 d4 a. E2 N3 R6 q- n) b3 B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., t7 B+ L" d2 D
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.: Y$ v# O# \" e3 { n9 M
『這是我妹妹的最愛,非常想要的聖誕節娃娃。
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- i" m+ R6 E* I1 r; {0 M$ h$ DShe was sure that Santa Claus would bring it to her. '/ B/ L& B+ x2 K. z0 ^
她一直認為聖誕老人會帶娃娃來給她的。」( z" k/ I% m3 j4 T5 v
I replied to him that maybe Santa Claus would bring it to her after all, and not to worry.9 R- K% ^2 Z9 [& M; f
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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8 }4 T3 {" \# ZBut 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. '9 A; Q1 _5 a) N+ U) M
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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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. ' '
3 {& G" X! Z4 x1 f! t! Q H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。』) V0 P% I8 |* w u& `/ K
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7 B0 q9 v0 C% ^: ^# i- s: n4 qMy heart nearly stopped.
: h* z6 @% _. u7 x' J我的心臟幾乎要停止了。
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; w( I5 G, Q: _" k7 ?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. '
9 Z7 t5 z. t9 b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。』) u, [, y5 g# ]9 o
6 A# l2 u6 b- z6 b0 tThen 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. '; V- U L2 C1 K/ j
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. '( S' ?( C6 ?7 V F4 f
『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.6 T. P8 w! H- P( D; n9 S
然後他安靜地用哀傷的眼睛再看著娃娃。
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% v. O$ Q F' z- d# q* u, {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! ' '
" o1 ~$ f) m9 U* R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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, D" ^5 w. I8 v5 l! }6 ~% O# ['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.
. \& A7 a2 t- l' K9 O: i7 G! I$ A『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! '
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+ w7 O% |7 d$ |6 }! F5 ?) ?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! ' ': |! ^6 j: T5 S, n) C* _
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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$ w- Q% u) ?* R( _6 p: [# R& L'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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4 q& T& c, R+ H. O2 B( 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。』! @8 p8 h: m. k/ a
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'My mommy loves white roses. '9 Q) j; X1 v* O( @7 g
『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.
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8 J1 Q1 A' T0 V' {' yI finished my shopping in a totally different state of mind from when I started.3 j1 w# ~3 s: J$ K( m" ~6 F3 `
我從一開始就在完全不同的心境下購物。5 m9 [0 Y$ i; v# s# V8 {' b3 T
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I couldn ' t get the little boy out of my mind.& \ v0 C- A; @# F
小男孩一直無法離開我的心境。
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; V$ I/ p9 c' s# _$ TThen 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 young8 }& V2 Y7 x+ a& A+ `
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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。0 v7 ]0 B9 P$ ^+ F ~- o
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The little girl died right away, and the mother was left in a critical
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2 `- F6 o1 i, C9 @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, B/ H* Y Y: h
,因為年輕少婦不可能從昏迷中恢復。8 M! n2 ^& o6 E& Q+ d$ `1 q- }: d
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Was this the family of the little boy?
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, G8 S; q% ~2 l3 FTwo days after this encounter with the little boy, I read in the news paper that the young woman had passed away.% }3 F# q% h/ w; l) u
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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- _8 ^$ A# A! B; @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! R1 |; O$ y8 N3 P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.9 v: `& F& O7 |" C+ g& `+ Y
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
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' [/ X# P; ? [, I) b- c7 y: P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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& U0 _2 D* I. c* J4 JAnd in a fraction of a second, a drunk driver had taken all this away from him. q, M) H7 @* i! O6 A: P+ e
就在一轉眼工夫,一位醉酒司機奪去了他的所有。 |
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