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I was walking around in a Target store, when I saw a Cashier hand this little boy some money back.. e* H6 b [4 B
我在「塔杰」商店閒逛時，看到收銀員將一些錢退還給小男孩。* ?. ]0 ^# A; v2 W1 B( j( T
5 |9 a* q5 P5 I6 RThe boy couldn ' t have been more than 5 or 6 years old.5 Y. _) v5 p7 ?' l& B3 z
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這男孩不過5、6歲。
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8 q4 H3 N' J* ]$ R& U8 _) g9 L, GThe Cashier said, ' I ' m sorry, but you don ' t have enough money to buy this doll. '( r/ J; K0 N# `
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,
Z" Y' s3 \7 Xare you sure I don ' t have enough money? ' '3 G# M% ?2 k9 [2 i! Y/ d* |
小男孩轉向他旁邊的老婦人：* }8 T/ n5 i; }5 N; W0 b- K
4 x; S0 {& F8 p3 |: {! O0 X 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. ' '$ t9 c; i5 D( M4 c' r# G
老婦人回道：「親愛的！你知道買這個娃娃的錢是不夠的。」. T% Z2 e w: k7 n! S! h
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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 j7 a) @, }' m4 c
她要小男孩呆在那裡5分鐘，她一下就回來。 她迅速離開了。/ |; N" N. }9 }
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- i7 p# n7 ~9 L% w, OThe little boy was still holding the doll in his hand.# T0 D$ l" m3 w& o
小男孩的手仍然握著娃娃。, \, U6 j/ k! z3 D% n! o) L
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Finally, I walked toward him and I asked him who he wished to give this doll to.* n. ?& b: W, {6 b0 J# B9 U
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.: w3 b! F( o% W* X) x' J
『這是我妹妹的最愛，非常想要的聖誕節娃娃。
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She was sure that Santa Claus would bring it to her. '
6 N8 L1 z& w2 ~1 G+ S她一直認為聖誕老人會帶娃娃來給她的。」
- A+ D, Z% W5 nI replied to him that maybe Santa Claus would bring it to her after all, and not to worry.
- O) d' z" E9 ^8 L我告訴他不用擔心，聖誕老人最後可能會帶給她的。* g0 {' R. @0 M/ `, l
( \, t3 G/ ?* e4 f4 E: @: EBut 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. '8 L& v$ ~. E( c* ^
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 \, u- k5 e1 a6 ZHis 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. ' '
* Z1 }' I0 G" E6 m9 N% K7 t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.
# b) s5 f5 c. h5 }& `我的心臟幾乎要停止了。- D% m3 X# Y& y8 D; w2 ?
: B8 t, Q! `; |# I0 F3 v, G7 dThe 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. '
Y- ~" X# B+ m7 |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。』) T4 E2 q# N' n) u r3 p1 a
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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. '
+ W S" b% H8 w) r. ^- R9 ^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. ') X, W2 V R9 l9 v) J
『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.; Z5 `2 y3 d( q Q) J5 S+ o2 m
然後他安靜地用哀傷的眼睛再看著娃娃。" q5 W! _* W# c
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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! ' ': V$ [- T9 i0 N5 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! 』
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'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.
7 n4 _2 ^1 h: V O- U5 t0 E『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。1 B% t/ S' j: |9 `
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The little boy said: ' Thank you God for giving me enough money! '
* [) G6 w8 [& S% p小男孩說：『謝謝上帝給了我足 的錢!』
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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! ' '
) A8 z" H- P% H% c1 h# Q7 S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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'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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) g' t/ J) v$ A8 P& T. M8 y『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。』5 [7 W4 u( c4 ~( B4 n
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'My mommy loves white roses. '
3 N( e2 ]8 c4 }, o5 a2 e『我媽媽喜歡白玫瑰』。+ u2 c+ h, L# l8 {1 A7 F
% `7 _% N& P) U4 j2 ~) V+ RA few minutes later, the old lady returned and I left with my basket.
9 @4 ?% i0 s1 u4 B幾分鐘後，老婦人回來了。我也就提了購物籃離開了。5 i" K& ~' p( U: R; X
( P2 @8 \" G- [1 `; a5 BI finished my shopping in a totally different state of mind from when I started.4 d3 @( S& C; L: u, a, X
我從一開始就在完全不同的心境下購物。: A2 N. q2 Q' h. Z6 X
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I couldn ' t get the little boy out of my mind.' p2 t! j5 a1 l1 c
小男孩一直無法離開我的心境。/ {2 F$ u: [) T& L |
4 t6 z# K% C W5 m* S& h" F$ CThen 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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( w* J$ n6 l7 z( g1 N. s- \- p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。' f/ U' |* W/ X# P+ j
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The little girl died right away, and the mother was left in a critical# J! |0 M9 R; H2 b
state. The family had to decide whether to pull the plug on the, J! N. P c3 p* g+ l" k5 o" i7 z5 }
life-sustaining machine, because the young woman would not be able to recover from the coma.
; x' a8 \! |5 v" u9 O& ~0 i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3 w' h. |- c. |& H6 M
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3 l& X2 r9 B) N( ]Was this the family of the little boy?
! [" v$ R& _7 h, J他就是這家庭的小男孩？+ Y& ]! w& ?5 D+ z6 c; c. }
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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.% }( d, B4 u1 t r$ B
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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$ l" B2 D4 \" [3 H- t6 MI 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.: P* ^% d" G) ~9 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。5 U; v3 _/ N1 F. w& e/ ]0 E( H
" g: R- G! a, V c" _5 V OShe 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.
5 b# K$ q, k, Z6 g5 s3 y4 U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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still, to this day, hard to imagine.
' G4 H- ~& y' `5 q! x* R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。3 w( J' O+ {7 _
* S0 I& a5 G x, k1 o4 d& cAnd in a fraction of a second, a drunk driver had taken all this away from him.+ F( H1 C8 W+ `7 T. K9 K6 N. d
就在一轉眼工夫，一位醉酒司機奪去了他的所有。 |
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