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I was walking around in a Target store, when I saw a Cashier hand this little boy some money back.0 v( _- J/ |( `# i+ n
我在「塔杰」商店閒逛時,看到收銀員將一些錢退還給小男孩。" A/ C( S1 T- W* \2 ^ }4 T
& r' t5 S2 H2 XThe boy couldn ' t have been more than 5 or 6 years old.$ O& p5 g `2 h s5 J2 L
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這男孩不過5、6歲。2 H: y _. B/ T5 J
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- U) v. S# B; G& qThe Cashier said, ' I ' m sorry, but you don ' t have enough money to buy this doll. '
; X0 R ^* ]- Z' v; T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,. ]& q" A7 \1 e4 ~, ]+ U
are you sure I don ' t have enough money? ' '. ]! X; k) j8 ~( C
小男孩轉向他旁邊的老婦人:
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. z* [$ f5 [' t8 ?「奶奶!妳也認為我的錢不 嗎?」4 \4 N% O7 ~2 L9 [! n
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The old lady replied: ' ' You know that you don ' t have enough money to buy this doll, my dear. ' '8 C4 D9 b0 @+ `" F$ z# {
老婦人回道:「親愛的!你知道買這個娃娃的錢是不夠的。」, s2 K3 K6 i4 B$ L1 S
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Then she asked him to stay there for just 5 minutes while she went to look around. She left quickly.
1 e" z8 v. `: F& p8 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。
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5 A! _0 i+ W F! C2 v0 tThe little boy was still holding the doll in his hand.
8 X: R0 n! K9 j; F* A0 _$ R `小男孩的手仍然握著娃娃。
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* r6 B* x+ G' [- {* CFinally, I walked toward him and I asked him who he wished to give this doll to.
' N1 {5 L7 W9 z; 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.
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9 P+ m" J5 J1 `7 c yShe was sure that Santa Claus would bring it to her. '
! J2 W, ]1 U6 L, R8 e( ]她一直認為聖誕老人會帶娃娃來給她的。」
! n% ^" ]- N, h% YI replied to him that maybe Santa Claus would bring it to her after all, and not to worry.! [5 a( T; p5 V
我告訴他不用擔心,聖誕老人最後可能會帶給她的。/ m* w: l/ C5 Z- M- f3 e* ~0 \
" I) S: C$ ]0 d9 X- nBut 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 D; _5 I6 {9 b0 j
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。』6 w% V* e# Z" D+ ?7 {
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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. ' ', N7 K' ~% v" K" v4 E9 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。』; N1 `3 L$ z2 _ b
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" ?! T& y3 n" YMy heart nearly stopped.
+ A& H1 i, F. j, R; u我的心臟幾乎要停止了。
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. D& k2 ]5 H, g+ R: ?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. '
" ~% s- A% D* R, L9 c; X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。』 g2 r _ i L' z% i0 _( c
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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. '
. e: G* O& f: T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。』5 y: S; P* D5 X; y! z6 {) V. a) \2 }
- N l# e9 n; B7 k3 R'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. '
2 a5 @- W/ C4 ^+ o3 q/ H『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 N/ i; s% ?$ X% V' a: T
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Then he looked again at the doll with sad eyes, very quietly.! q$ Z' K4 ]! Y- I
然後他安靜地用哀傷的眼睛再看著娃娃。8 X, R8 G j( B
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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! ' '1 B( ?! [" 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! 』0 p0 e9 @7 h3 X/ N- t: s3 b
7 g" T3 L- K" C! D'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.
( @6 A h6 D3 N0 Q! b『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。- M; O- |& z9 w8 Z5 m6 ?1 t$ {
3 z: ~$ n/ W, D0 f" i9 JThe little boy said: ' Thank you God for giving me enough money! '
% F% \+ P% y9 V+ L% l7 ~小男孩說:『謝謝上帝給了我足 的錢!』- {; R% U) ^5 j' o- J
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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! ' '" C/ }3 F6 C C' D1 Z% N
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! 』2 K7 {2 W; x- D9 D4 f
: f1 P- N/ E& d* F'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. ' ') S5 L1 Q% l5 Q1 O; ?
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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。』2 [4 Q) n! f4 Z( Q" _/ R6 w" p
. \/ \- K& e3 J$ A& q, s'My mommy loves white roses. '. h/ }! f1 O& V& `
『我媽媽喜歡白玫瑰』。# F( {& B7 v0 U/ x
4 n/ ^7 k: N. W4 U$ r8 C/ _A few minutes later, the old lady returned and I left with my basket.
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$ L* t) R5 ? B7 {. ^I finished my shopping in a totally different state of mind from when I started.
7 P4 t& z$ F( \7 h$ G我從一開始就在完全不同的心境下購物。 E3 h% [% t' T( x [
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I couldn ' t get the little boy out of my mind.
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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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. D4 K+ }. [0 k& A9 _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。' `) L t: Z `' V# y% t
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The little girl died right away, and the mother was left in a critical& B' G: e* l+ P' u M9 z3 V
state. The family had to decide whether to pull the plug on the0 N1 `/ G* S2 B
life-sustaining machine, because the young woman would not be able to recover from the coma.; \0 I0 X% B9 r6 J n1 r; F
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8 E1 s( }0 w' ]( z: a7 o
,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?+ Q( w' b$ P L5 ?0 y) ^- s
他就是這家庭的小男孩?8 w. C9 h8 w( |$ r1 C! w) e
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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.
+ u1 R& M0 }0 b9 I2 v1 Q0 {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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* Q3 U8 ~9 K! f: F$ u 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.
* k* ^; o4 B7 y$ _9 \, x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.
/ C6 z( `( H! A% y7 w. \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。 ], m3 }! e0 t! L& ~% i8 r; P' y
$ Z* c+ {' u5 u' 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
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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。) ~2 e: t) M# ~& J! ~
1 i% u$ u* |4 BAnd in a fraction of a second, a drunk driver had taken all this away from him.
) B" X3 h0 a0 Y$ d# Y9 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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