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I was walking around in a Target store, when I saw a Cashier hand this little boy some money back.5 k9 s; M! V# ^2 Z
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.# f% D0 ^: L C) ~5 m. V
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這男孩不過5、6歲。
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* p. f& \. A( v/ G( v/ F) C. G: f0 _The Cashier said, ' I ' m sorry, but you don ' t have enough money to buy this doll. '
5 k! E: v# r* z2 D1 \% x收銀員說：『抱歉！你買這娃娃的錢不夠。』8 q9 H3 B# o2 a6 ]8 a& Q
8 |- P B0 B3 F9 XThen the little boy turned to the old woman next to him: ' ' Granny,; n8 I- L# a5 H0 a: @1 M7 @+ ^- n
are you sure I don ' t have enough money? ' '5 D r# ~7 n# H; _
小男孩轉向他旁邊的老婦人：& V A# W9 }( s, N1 I% W
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「奶奶！妳也認為我的錢不 嗎？」
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% |9 Y! M- m) v& |" P; O8 }, vThe old lady replied: ' ' You know that you don ' t have enough money to buy this doll, my dear. ' '7 H1 n% k! \& B- O( l
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.
; N9 L+ o6 e6 S4 h& {她要小男孩呆在那裡5分鐘，她一下就回來。 她迅速離開了。* X/ |3 I( d9 m' c
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The little boy was still holding the doll in his hand.4 V' m3 l" r& D7 h9 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.
4 D# x* z4 G4 A0 W0 G( _5 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.) F/ k+ }0 s; Z8 o( v
『這是我妹妹的最愛，非常想要的聖誕節娃娃。
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, E! [5 |+ Z& c# g, SShe was sure that Santa Claus would bring it to her. '* W$ B8 M+ [% y& j0 c3 V" F* V7 K
她一直認為聖誕老人會帶娃娃來給她的。」
4 ^4 |6 Y* f5 W8 pI replied to him that maybe Santa Claus would bring it to her after all, and not to worry.
! B9 b9 k3 o; Y$ @" Y8 z" L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. '
7 h* b$ t! C2 {. ?4 L$ _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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% L( [" U) f/ E) r6 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. ' '
" T" o7 t# f/ @6 |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。』( @; ?5 R1 s) A! W* x0 P, j6 U
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5 v6 t4 h! d0 {: `. @My heart nearly stopped.1 ]9 u' O- U) E& X% A
我的心臟幾乎要停止了。$ k8 }0 @1 o3 p8 @/ A+ B4 v1 k
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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. '* q; f# p, _ T& l/ T, D% Z
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。』' c4 g! H$ ?7 ?& Q
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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. '
. V) x# W" C% w- I1 R9 A. D( J) 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. '
( ]% d" r! @& q, g- }! ^# L7 m『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。』2 G! M, c9 o4 I$ r) w) |5 u
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6 x7 M6 c$ g$ {! x3 eThen he looked again at the doll with sad eyes, very quietly.! ~# O1 ^' y. O& o8 P: ~8 c9 M
然後他安靜地用哀傷的眼睛再看著娃娃。; i, [% {0 d6 k1 F' Y- C5 J
) B4 r! y0 R$ s' d! 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! ' '1 h3 x0 o& i& N; E2 ?
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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/ ]: W0 h2 V4 {) |' q4 [' A5 F" Y'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.5 f( ^) C/ G! `7 K
『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。& v# l+ S9 k. x& B
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The little boy said: ' Thank you God for giving me enough money! '
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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! ' '
! G: M2 w2 G' Y1 T; 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! 』/ j* J" s' G e# f; {& G3 q
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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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* `( S. c' A5 m b『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. '
% T+ w. b- B9 _/ B1 v% @『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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2 M) y# o @% v: {, S$ z* RI finished my shopping in a totally different state of mind from when I started.# z7 \4 M2 z1 U
我從一開始就在完全不同的心境下購物。
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8 T. ] [+ g0 u* G. k& @" k9 nI couldn ' t get the little boy out of my mind.5 q3 P/ S2 k0 d2 q9 d
小男孩一直無法離開我的心境。5 G; s3 } }6 _/ o" [3 v% s: J
2 Y) f. i* K% k) a# KThen 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
6 b2 T# }( ]5 X7 \$ }! Jwoman and a little girl.$ i" g' k- ]% G' T% g* ]7 i% [6 I
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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life-sustaining machine, because the young woman would not be able to recover from the coma.
+ {0 n& n1 o/ t4 c& i' A; `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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Was this the family of the little boy?
; q* X) L9 ?* O他就是這家庭的小男孩？
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, m' \9 k+ T7 W2 h8 g+ L" mTwo days after this encounter with the little boy, I read in the news paper that the young woman had passed away.
$ r. W2 p; J$ R- 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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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.
+ ?: G! M& j0 t. G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.
( q7 l. L3 `) f5 T# M9 l; j; p' E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。+ k% y2 p2 R, j, X3 b- q, z ]
! P: n: a) T5 V( B+ j3 j3 bI 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" B, k/ S3 A d8 O" ]/ s" e) [- L$ J
still, to this day, hard to imagine.
% ]) s' s9 C5 t9 L: h% g0 y- X- t: o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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& \8 \/ f1 h0 A; \( I8 I3 {And in a fraction of a second, a drunk driver had taken all this away from him.. _# J; ]& k( G# P+ 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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