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I was walking around in a Target store, when I saw a Cashier hand this little boy some money back.# D+ C: B- s% u! G" a" g
我在「塔杰」商店閒逛時,看到收銀員將一些錢退還給小男孩。1 k* Y: M% x$ s1 ^3 l8 O' k9 l
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' Y3 Y9 V2 `/ V* _5 K! {The Cashier said, ' I ' m sorry, but you don ' t have enough money to buy this doll. ': i* {6 l$ a( Z. `
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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+ \/ o9 W# o c9 u& `小男孩轉向他旁邊的老婦人:) j. X% j$ n- T, s
" V6 d% i( B' R( y/ r4 R2 M8 u$ V「奶奶!妳也認為我的錢不 嗎?」
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' n9 K$ t, F; h( U8 U) A7 mThe old lady replied: ' ' You know that you don ' t have enough money to buy this doll, my dear. ' '
+ ~& w+ H. {! ?% I; R' B: `2 @# J8 t7 Z老婦人回道:「親愛的!你知道買這個娃娃的錢是不夠的。」7 `3 y O6 _+ V: W6 U
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8 x% e& K$ j/ XThen she asked him to stay there for just 5 minutes while she went to look around. She left quickly., q3 a i: E! ?' a
她要小男孩呆在那裡5分鐘,她一下就回來。 她迅速離開了。( b- X6 _# F! c
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' s/ N N; G* {, a( ]The little boy was still holding the doll in his hand.
K& p q$ f. N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.
- q B- I% ?- S% b: g9 m" r) b最後我向他走去,問他這個娃娃你想給誰。 . `/ d$ p' x% w( k' A& w( ^
0 L/ [& R% [, i2 N1 ]6 k. Y) \$ ~'It ' s the doll that my sister loved most and wanted so much for Christmas.
" ?; f; P" _, d$ b4 H: F『這是我妹妹的最愛,非常想要的聖誕節娃娃。& r5 c1 R" O+ T
$ @! h- t) s! a5 T \She was sure that Santa Claus would bring it to her. '
* _: }. U* e2 H' `她一直認為聖誕老人會帶娃娃來給她的。」
# b/ L y' y0 pI replied to him that maybe Santa Claus would bring it to her after all, and not to worry.
/ Z3 B9 ]6 L" ~5 l5 R2 ~我告訴他不用擔心,聖誕老人最後可能會帶給她的。9 ~( x' g8 T) c, ^3 M% Q6 y9 g
( @2 C8 p$ d9 J* }$ x- T3 O3 FBut 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. '
4 r) R. \1 c8 D L! U- [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。』) S( K% a v: W8 [& q1 u. ^
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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. ' '
) u3 d& o, t6 L6 @. D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.
. {2 [5 s- R; s$ z. u5 r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. '
. {9 Y: n% F' Z5 P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。』3 {5 p0 g6 R# z5 z
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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. '% |& d' d# ?) M; X8 @7 S
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。』" c+ j1 p C, h! |! m
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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. '/ }# q) D- O' _0 d5 S5 s1 X$ c
『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。』' D4 o9 j+ T8 V7 x5 b
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Then he looked again at the doll with sad eyes, very quietly.
$ G* z$ B1 z6 E# N! n然後他安靜地用哀傷的眼睛再看著娃娃。
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6 w, W, S0 _; R7 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! ' ', I" x: W6 n K
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! 』9 C, [2 G3 K7 d; T# y
5 S" Z8 U! l0 G'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.
: a' S" v3 X# H7 s) A( W, K5 |『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! '' ?( z3 i' Y# V2 n5 e' N3 z
小男孩說:『謝謝上帝給了我足 的錢!』4 L) B6 [1 ?/ e
" P/ m' G4 Q6 f+ O$ T, O V8 Z: HThen 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! ' '" _0 w* j+ \- F* H* u
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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) @4 C7 e q+ k'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. ' '+ Q% [3 I: G( Z+ E6 e* N" r+ _
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『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. '
0 t; D* b8 N% e) |3 D4 }4 J『我媽媽喜歡白玫瑰』。) Z" L5 y/ V- }" y: R. G
' m8 \/ t# U4 L) L2 \; P3 M8 hA few minutes later, the old lady returned and I left with my basket.3 `) c2 a+ @5 y8 G; k
幾分鐘後,老婦人回來了。我也就提了購物籃離開了。1 M% u5 S! { H Y) k7 W
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I finished my shopping in a totally different state of mind from when I started.* x, b$ I1 n" O5 C$ P
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.
) |; R! P6 S, |5 U& v$ W! _小男孩一直無法離開我的心境。
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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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- H! I* G- d9 d3 f2 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。, ?7 S W! I( h* \! I
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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.
; e. d' E9 W/ k+ S/ Z4 Q ~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; R$ p0 c' _7 g7 _
,因為年輕少婦不可能從昏迷中恢復。
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Was this the family of the little boy?
# r8 E0 A: Q8 R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.+ ^9 W! K: L" P# R! {% P, F# Y7 a. o7 T; U
碰到小男孩的二天之後,我看了報紙年輕少婦過世了。" q Z9 x8 X6 F, J& _) ~+ l+ M3 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.; C% A b: F3 p4 h# T1 _% v& ?( v
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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$ }& m/ D4 ^- @2 U$ EShe 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.2 Y# l: D& b7 |2 N3 }* v
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% A% M; {4 W. f
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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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