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I was walking around in a Target store, when I saw a Cashier hand this little boy some money back.
& G: j/ U) N; s& i' ^1 _我在「塔杰」商店閒逛時,看到收銀員將一些錢退還給小男孩。5 H$ V. r& Z+ k5 U' F [0 I
' ]+ s( H3 e _The boy couldn ' t have been more than 5 or 6 years old.+ p; K; T7 p' `0 P
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這男孩不過5、6歲。
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The Cashier said, ' I ' m sorry, but you don ' t have enough money to buy this doll. ': x( `' h$ R" I: @& J' ?
收銀員說:『抱歉!你買這娃娃的錢不夠。』! y$ N) B# p. v
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Then the little boy turned to the old woman next to him: ' ' Granny,: }, c% \1 S5 ^0 v
are you sure I don ' t have enough money? ' '
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「奶奶!妳也認為我的錢不 嗎?」4 `; o- a0 ]) `3 ~( `
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The old lady replied: ' ' You know that you don ' t have enough money to buy this doll, my dear. ' '* ~: D- B% W8 Q) R5 Q0 F2 f/ y
老婦人回道:「親愛的!你知道買這個娃娃的錢是不夠的。」/ f7 O9 B' l) I, F. X: v- G4 V
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4 P7 [/ l8 I! U$ FThen she asked him to stay there for just 5 minutes while she went to look around. She left quickly.
. M; B4 s. C( U$ E; A& v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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The little boy was still holding the doll in his hand.
# c8 O5 e' D) s小男孩的手仍然握著娃娃。
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0 |- }: N' N! y$ u, ]Finally, I walked toward him and I asked him who he wished to give this doll to.
( G4 H* S/ p( N/ h7 B最後我向他走去,問他這個娃娃你想給誰。
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; S& O" }% X: n! @'It ' s the doll that my sister loved most and wanted so much for Christmas.# P ~5 Z$ Y2 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. '" o# N7 ?; ^9 l5 ?
她一直認為聖誕老人會帶娃娃來給她的。」2 C- T3 ~5 ?3 n* E
I replied to him that maybe Santa Claus would bring it to her after all, and not to worry.3 r1 p, t& D5 q% U
我告訴他不用擔心,聖誕老人最後可能會帶給她的。' f A) B2 t5 U2 W% {! `
4 r0 s Y* `$ @( K; |" \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. '1 w3 j3 j4 s6 L! f, C7 L" 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。』- q+ L6 s! U5 G0 _$ F8 Z7 V8 \! z
6 ~9 x8 s/ k2 v) h: ]0 R 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. ' '3 w- ], z) u7 S, q# z- 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。』
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! d% N) K5 a/ oMy heart nearly stopped.6 z7 F% G0 I/ P0 B o
我的心臟幾乎要停止了。$ ^; H4 _+ B! }/ `' y3 M- m7 Q, N
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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. '! z( w; M8 L, X' B2 d: a
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。』) U4 p! `$ B" }4 N9 @
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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. '
9 {+ |8 C6 \ [: {/ d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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# _1 a4 } E2 T5 f'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. '
. \. | ^6 }* d6 [1 }『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。』7 w2 }: ^ K3 V( d. n# D, |
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Then he looked again at the doll with sad eyes, very quietly." ?5 ?. L7 q" o, f6 D6 l) |$ @& I
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! ' '
4 ]* B9 h7 {/ C# g& b# @/ Y2 P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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' [1 R7 p& ~8 g6 n0 i! o# _'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./ n; l- h8 O B S. F
『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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* f& l. Z; D( q' R/ xThe little boy said: ' Thank you God for giving me enough money! '
! e) i2 ^7 f* r9 n1 ]1 j: h( U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! ' '
& ^; T: w/ p$ o4 X: V1 Z1 ~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. ' '6 E# e' {$ _& p& K
9 M4 k0 T! R; \1 d8 [/ d『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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4 Y/ a7 ^+ s' Q$ e, T% e'My mommy loves white roses. '- m, _8 b7 i8 t6 o6 J
『我媽媽喜歡白玫瑰』。) k @7 r. `/ I, E7 K n' g+ M
/ r% C Z: r) x9 k4 y9 q9 I4 d* LA few minutes later, the old lady returned and I left with my basket.. K. a$ A c9 G: s
幾分鐘後,老婦人回來了。我也就提了購物籃離開了。8 O O+ w( ^4 T$ Q6 \1 D/ \8 R
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I finished my shopping in a totally different state of mind from when I started.% |: A. N) ?) g, R- b" ~
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.9 s/ q3 r% {2 Z1 m9 K& ?
小男孩一直無法離開我的心境。
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s# k8 S2 H5 v2 Q& EThen 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* t4 t2 g- d, 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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9 V+ F5 M9 p( LThe little girl died right away, and the mother was left in a critical
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. u4 r( G2 T: A" @, tlife-sustaining machine, because the young woman would not be able to recover from the coma.
' X M8 A. B* r# x3 J. a& C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 ]& N( l7 [( K. s( \: u' Q
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3 K# {( j9 B2 F0 g+ |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.3 b( z! Z: z: }9 J6 X* U V! H
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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4 D3 V! {" I6 o! l" eI 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.5 u: m% W# k2 W' A" w
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.' Z$ e7 n7 [9 H' e! g$ j/ X# k
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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! U. O# j% p+ UI 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。
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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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