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I was walking around in a Target store, when I saw a Cashier hand this little boy some money back.) u% I! F1 H- b& A4 E
我在「塔杰」商店閒逛時，看到收銀員將一些錢退還給小男孩。% C0 H9 u1 L% G% Z, N5 {3 p% |
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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。( S" `$ P. T9 V1 q* d, S
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The Cashier said, ' I ' m sorry, but you don ' t have enough money to buy this doll. '
6 l, R9 [. P+ ?3 i- F收銀員說：『抱歉！你買這娃娃的錢不夠。』
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, R! D3 X( I1 d) h- p$ CThen the little boy turned to the old woman next to him: ' ' Granny,
8 q+ T$ i7 B2 Iare you sure I don ' t have enough money? ' '% j. J4 q3 B# U- ^: p3 ]! o$ q
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？」) k6 y5 d$ k* \
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The old lady replied: ' ' You know that you don ' t have enough money to buy this doll, my dear. ' '
/ Y* x6 H# H& h \4 x老婦人回道：「親愛的！你知道買這個娃娃的錢是不夠的。」* T% m) ?7 l( x8 f+ P
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" v$ Z' |3 @/ u4 [6 |0 }7 HThen she asked him to stay there for just 5 minutes while she went to look around. She left quickly.
5 N; N9 Q% Y" y% y E4 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。9 u; i$ u1 P: a1 c* q
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5 _* S. g5 F& fThe little boy was still holding the doll in his hand.
2 e9 \5 q/ ?4 M小男孩的手仍然握著娃娃。
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# _( D% B6 X7 @* y6 RFinally, I walked toward him and I asked him who he wished to give this doll to./ o+ E0 X% H+ z
最後我向他走去，問他這個娃娃你想給誰。 / C5 }/ s0 H! r( g5 y( P
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'It ' s the doll that my sister loved most and wanted so much for Christmas.
- x! ~: t4 i- t1 M『這是我妹妹的最愛，非常想要的聖誕節娃娃。1 ~3 X4 V* h" b4 b% |$ E& ?
3 ?: t. i/ z0 d+ fShe was sure that Santa Claus would bring it to her. '
) z5 K4 D; c( `/ T# a& _她一直認為聖誕老人會帶娃娃來給她的。」3 K1 F1 y3 H9 y: u
I replied to him that maybe Santa Claus would bring it to her after all, and not to worry.6 \& ~4 W9 w" }. r
我告訴他不用擔心，聖誕老人最後可能會帶給她的。2 H2 _3 u+ V( @. Y' {+ [" J! @1 {
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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. '# p& w, n# l; i0 W1 b) ^
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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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. ' '
, y% T4 ]9 u* m5 t# l' w9 Z1 R8 P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.
5 K7 a7 @4 b( m/ c我的心臟幾乎要停止了。* [" P- r/ B. h9 L
4 M+ g9 [$ U( b5 wThe 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. '. v& t/ C" G, a! b3 X- O
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. '
. o- g5 b- E. K- 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。』4 g9 R+ [/ [1 B7 ^ A
7 j' b4 b" g# d! |) L! ^0 Z'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 K e( @% ?+ Y# R+ X" n& u3 B4 G, p『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.6 f: G/ c3 \6 p' Y2 d' X1 F
然後他安靜地用哀傷的眼睛再看著娃娃。
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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. f: o+ J- Q: Z" }, T, @$ D. Y7 H' 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! 』$ B' v6 M3 |" a: u+ C/ F# o
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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.2 j5 e& K* E2 b# @8 n% X: |
『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! ') ]& o+ O0 G p5 @8 P
小男孩說：『謝謝上帝給了我足 的錢!』5 p6 R' y" s3 f& |0 F
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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! ' '/ |* e! j/ w. V* }0 H
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! 』! y7 m* _" z; L: ?& E7 w' h$ W
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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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& a$ {5 Q8 A9 J. s8 y; B4 J『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. '# l) n9 D* y; Q5 J- j6 ^
『我媽媽喜歡白玫瑰』。* P. ~, B. X4 U1 w B# `! a2 e
4 w. t, l! M2 H0 q) e# i3 AA few minutes later, the old lady returned and I left with my basket.
# o% V1 n) F1 V2 J+ h, S" I幾分鐘後，老婦人回來了。我也就提了購物籃離開了。% X/ c) h( K1 w: B) p
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I finished my shopping in a totally different state of mind from when I started.
* j- d5 z1 {$ |# C我從一開始就在完全不同的心境下購物。$ D, {4 }3 _: F; C! B7 X
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I couldn ' t get the little boy out of my mind.8 _5 }+ T- _% J0 ^! V. G
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: E/ O" H4 M! w; g
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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。
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The little girl died right away, and the mother was left in a critical, c& N, Q7 R5 Z
state. The family had to decide whether to pull the plug on the8 `, `- [6 ^' c. o% u
life-sustaining machine, because the young woman would not be able to recover from the coma.; n$ ^# g: L/ o- ^6 B2 V2 Z
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) m P: J) D1 G d: ^% F
，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?; o/ W7 U- c3 g' C
他就是這家庭的小男孩？1 i* U6 n9 f$ H+ c1 ]6 g; {
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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 r# p% p& k1 \+ `碰到小男孩的二天之後，我看了報紙年輕少婦過世了。3 Q$ ]( e$ L. ^- [# x: I( v4 G
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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. m$ r' J5 x) n6 e* 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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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.
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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.) e4 N( k5 q/ u4 \
就在一轉眼工夫，一位醉酒司機奪去了他的所有。 |
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