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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 b" z6 H. H* R# E' j
我在「塔杰」商店閒逛時,看到收銀員將一些錢退還給小男孩。 e4 w% s4 g( ~0 D$ Y
% W8 V' i3 S+ |& o" N) u KThe boy couldn ' t have been more than 5 or 6 years old." v: m" L% g+ g w1 q7 x) B
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% v' i) \; {, T; O/ r$ p9 q) BThe Cashier said, ' I ' m sorry, but you don ' t have enough money to buy this doll. '/ p0 P5 S8 @ X! e
收銀員說:『抱歉!你買這娃娃的錢不夠。』
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! ~: o4 e3 W5 D6 D; nThen the little boy turned to the old woman next to him: ' ' Granny,
1 n z* X" A! v/ }* ]+ m/ c& c$ `are you sure I don ' t have enough money? ' '1 L. l" b% K% T7 r$ G
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?」& a5 O& S4 J; b9 E7 L' c7 \
, C! p. w8 M A2 t3 V' `The old lady replied: ' ' You know that you don ' t have enough money to buy this doll, my dear. ' '( H. ?* w% ~2 Z2 G+ h
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.) i7 f7 M! d. o, t4 E( E. Z
她要小男孩呆在那裡5分鐘,她一下就回來。 她迅速離開了。3 f1 d. g& Y8 @% n0 {/ b! ?8 S8 t
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The little boy was still holding the doll in his hand. j) y) n/ T: o1 S: ~
小男孩的手仍然握著娃娃。; {+ O* E0 J; j( {" R2 T$ C
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Finally, I walked toward him and I asked him who he wished to give this doll to.
! z+ P0 \- e" L% S9 Q8 `最後我向他走去,問他這個娃娃你想給誰。 # ]( V! m% P2 R9 u5 o7 n# T
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'It ' s the doll that my sister loved most and wanted so much for Christmas.! f$ A0 o6 \2 J
『這是我妹妹的最愛,非常想要的聖誕節娃娃。) C0 ]- j, X* F+ H. V) u2 l
: u4 @/ Z/ |) r0 S0 CShe was sure that Santa Claus would bring it to her. '6 Q: I, K; Q$ }+ ~4 g7 ?
她一直認為聖誕老人會帶娃娃來給她的。」
: f4 S$ ], W# E% Z# F5 R9 E# yI replied to him that maybe Santa Claus would bring it to her after all, and not to worry.% J" A% e# j; {% O7 p: L& L
我告訴他不用擔心,聖誕老人最後可能會帶給她的。- Y( C" x3 d/ g1 B' m% T' L5 o/ }3 B
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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. '
+ A# c; s" O4 ^' O0 ~- 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。』
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" {3 H ?: z! |( q" vHis 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. ' '
% s, o; W1 T" G5 y1 y; X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。』& l2 I7 B- w' M/ e' a
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My heart nearly stopped.: E2 h6 ^* X$ k4 h
我的心臟幾乎要停止了。, p+ T4 v0 {9 T6 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. '7 }5 |, q( u/ O2 `0 h/ H
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。』
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* N' H0 y6 \! F, O3 U0 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. '
+ i8 a; @# ?$ Y ?2 k. Y A; [& ~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。』' V, {% A# N( C' A ?0 f
3 h/ w" l9 P" F' S'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. '
9 J7 `7 N. }5 g# s! Q- K% [『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./ N5 @- |! M# |6 o1 O
然後他安靜地用哀傷的眼睛再看著娃娃。/ i1 Y0 P% \; C' F2 v: q( r" D9 H
/ D5 `8 J5 v6 TI 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! ' '
( D s7 h. Y( y6 u7 N( o, P& d" H: 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! 』8 T6 j& D7 P% d8 r8 `
+ _# J$ `) U5 n& e' Y2 o4 x& H: p: e'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." ^# z* ~: }* W/ ?; u
『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。. p3 @) ?4 m2 u2 u
6 ^5 p6 b% I7 z$ g* ?The little boy said: ' Thank you God for giving me enough money! '2 \* z# Z! S; ?' e( a' A1 z+ _
小男孩說:『謝謝上帝給了我足 的錢!』6 o: d* J9 x/ f3 U3 n
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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! ' '/ a, _7 k1 l h" f' T+ W$ W) w. 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! 』0 J4 N' i. d7 E- E. z9 A8 w9 o9 k
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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. ' '8 { q/ ^& H5 H) y' P
0 d6 l- a' |4 D8 D- ]7 w E8 ^『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。』. @6 E/ s/ C9 i6 B4 S2 L& ^
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'My mommy loves white roses. '
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- \6 a' r5 D+ [$ L5 c: PA few minutes later, the old lady returned and I left with my basket.) X6 R$ D) N& }" i/ X; i" N1 v
幾分鐘後,老婦人回來了。我也就提了購物籃離開了。0 M1 G6 r8 ^ m+ }
$ k/ |8 {2 N3 T4 a1 KI finished my shopping in a totally different state of mind from when I started.
, j4 N+ w8 W" y4 l; Q我從一開始就在完全不同的心境下購物。9 ?% b" D* K5 P1 Z3 `
# l/ S8 U) `! B o) lI couldn ' t get the little boy out of my mind., B: ?& q3 r( G
小男孩一直無法離開我的心境。8 z/ e, f7 Z* R
* ` B% o( e& u- [' r. |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 young3 V! d! a, j3 U' ?* G. V2 w4 B
woman and a little girl.
/ \: t3 A- ~5 x6 |6 W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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4 L: N" ?0 l# t& Z6 r/ m3 @The little girl died right away, and the mother was left in a critical
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{' B% P8 X4 d6 j; a( \* Zlife-sustaining machine, because the young woman would not be able to recover from the coma.
1 d% A# _: m4 O4 ?8 e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
' m5 l/ u: D ]5 a,因為年輕少婦不可能從昏迷中恢復。; X+ b1 [- y, s& k- q) Q
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Was this the family of the little boy?
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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.; }8 {! l* z" w1 p4 D x' T. j
碰到小男孩的二天之後,我看了報紙年輕少婦過世了。% Z+ @( Y) }- k& E) T
- M1 g% ~ ]: vI 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.
& {3 I: \! ~, [( k+ ~3 O# ~' 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., O2 w# ?& l' `
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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! Q" C, E- O' B* ^& eI 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" }+ J" I( o+ G8 U4 L6 g
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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。' y0 x" _! E: Q: b2 ?! Y6 [
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And in a fraction of a second, a drunk driver had taken all this away from him.8 f+ Q4 U3 w: z9 l! ?
就在一轉眼工夫,一位醉酒司機奪去了他的所有。 |
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