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I was walking around in a Target store, when I saw a Cashier hand this little boy some money back.3 v- ?$ S: v! _( F
我在「塔杰」商店閒逛時，看到收銀員將一些錢退還給小男孩。% b# I" }# F. @1 [8 S, `
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The boy couldn ' t have been more than 5 or 6 years old.
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這男孩不過5、6歲。9 `# `7 G! K- z7 T w R
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The Cashier said, ' I ' m sorry, but you don ' t have enough money to buy this doll. '- V4 s% B3 a, p) o* b' o6 I
收銀員說：『抱歉！你買這娃娃的錢不夠。』
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E; _% ` |! `: Y, K3 vThen the little boy turned to the old woman next to him: ' ' Granny,3 q3 z1 S& z; J
are you sure I don ' t have enough money? ' '; x* m0 D& p8 }; `
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？」% z, v1 A6 o; C6 z
+ m) G9 a t9 D! eThe old lady replied: ' ' You know that you don ' t have enough money to buy this doll, my dear. ' '
8 }+ l( K; [& r% S; J9 ~9 f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.2 L; w1 h- u' o
她要小男孩呆在那裡5分鐘，她一下就回來。 她迅速離開了。2 K8 z- c- R# r# K4 f% a
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The little boy was still holding the doll in his hand.; H; S2 j V* F3 ^2 t
小男孩的手仍然握著娃娃。2 R: T' T; b# n' {2 C4 ]% l
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Finally, I walked toward him and I asked him who he wished to give this doll to.
* {+ r7 ^% P: I, D; X" _# L* F最後我向他走去，問他這個娃娃你想給誰。 , G; Q8 G& @" w1 E# |
2 e& Q8 b: y: K'It ' s the doll that my sister loved most and wanted so much for Christmas.
3 t4 R; D- I' ]『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. '5 v# G+ s1 X9 k% l& m
她一直認為聖誕老人會帶娃娃來給她的。」
% V; Q+ E0 [3 Q1 U6 GI replied to him that maybe Santa Claus would bring it to her after all, and not to worry.
( `( F, y! ?) e4 O, t. S我告訴他不用擔心，聖誕老人最後可能會帶給她的。) s4 h1 b, p+ e6 w7 v
$ I1 Y* [ w) dBut 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 A3 ~5 f* l' v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。』' X8 z! b; y2 U! N* b0 e+ ]: v% B
* K& Z) V7 K; `$ K( `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. ' '
4 F& e Y# {8 y. n, q( V6 J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。』 ~# f7 I6 n2 [( ]7 j# [0 F
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My heart nearly stopped.9 J3 \3 z: Z" n8 i; n
我的心臟幾乎要停止了。" {( u3 n( L2 Y8 e9 g
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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. '
2 y! P7 j. o* i, g F/ t; c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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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. '
, p* Z. U8 G4 e* p0 E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. '4 P. n! }" c# n, @" L- D" W' M1 H3 z
『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., g' j7 Y i: j
然後他安靜地用哀傷的眼睛再看著娃娃。: ^) A2 O% u0 e5 B, |' g! z
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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! ' '% N( M/ e% w; z; z7 C) g' _6 y
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.
( f& A2 ^1 Z: d7 Q『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。 |6 r& G5 R# E7 i" m
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The little boy said: ' Thank you God for giving me enough money! ', `% \: r+ j, F8 Q/ |
小男孩說：『謝謝上帝給了我足 的錢!』
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7 ]. C0 \6 M% i* X: X$ g1 PThen 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! ' ': y* U# m/ D0 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! 』& A! U2 Z: f$ L9 @
( x$ \5 B7 g# z# O* F4 _'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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『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. '
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A few minutes later, the old lady returned and I left with my basket.
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$ b- U6 q7 V1 A% sI finished my shopping in a totally different state of mind from when I started.$ h+ p8 V6 |1 u/ R7 y6 V
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.2 J- O# {6 p' R5 v+ X
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 young7 l1 R$ l; p! e5 F3 R" j
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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。' y* u, w$ z$ \) C# j
. n0 l9 U% o8 K$ oThe 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.' F; a% E4 y' g; n& a* n
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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2 ], V& ~" ?. ~6 D% x9 lWas this the family of the little boy?3 A0 c( o+ C5 J
他就是這家庭的小男孩？
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& a* E- k* o2 \! w/ j# ~# wTwo days after this encounter with the little boy, I read in the news paper that the young woman had passed away.
$ v. O7 x8 W7 G- j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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: ?/ R l: y7 Z7 {" oI 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.
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% W0 A3 X1 h# d6 N/ E3 }% J4 B/ ?; yShe 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.
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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 is4 H. t$ m/ M0 v+ i. }/ ^( D
still, to this day, hard to imagine.
$ C' ]: z3 v: ~( D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。# b3 r5 f* ~/ \
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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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