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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 {* Q' _* ?+ q& U
我在「塔杰」商店閒逛時，看到收銀員將一些錢退還給小男孩。
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7 j5 ~- G9 a/ T3 e/ e& gThe boy couldn ' t have been more than 5 or 6 years old.0 r2 i+ n* g" F, n$ g/ }) j- {& m: g' q1 K
" x# g9 }5 M0 O! g$ d這男孩不過5、6歲。' p+ e* T+ A4 c' O
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! k. B, y3 e4 U0 ~' kThe Cashier said, ' I ' m sorry, but you don ' t have enough money to buy this doll. '4 n7 ]8 l8 V: O0 Y
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,0 g5 B) g; {' J
are you sure I don ' t have enough money? ' ') ]& p3 H1 G' v9 _
小男孩轉向他旁邊的老婦人：- D1 C/ w. s& g I, X
' S8 q. t" e& v「奶奶！妳也認為我的錢不 嗎？」
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% W8 f! U( e1 c( F# yThe old lady replied: ' ' You know that you don ' t have enough money to buy this doll, my dear. ' '
7 K; n" s/ u; T- ~' G- {1 J老婦人回道：「親愛的！你知道買這個娃娃的錢是不夠的。」7 M4 u/ X. `$ U0 M7 ^4 c Q2 C: F, A6 G
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Then she asked him to stay there for just 5 minutes while she went to look around. She left quickly.7 H* J: t$ j$ A/ N
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.+ q% _9 z( |/ p9 ^
小男孩的手仍然握著娃娃。9 L9 _# d# G# D* y. N
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* d( z& j$ a9 o$ F" ]Finally, I walked toward him and I asked him who he wished to give this doll to.
2 N4 R0 {; v+ P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.
7 a! S. p* c% b" g; c* E" l! |9 n9 b+ Q『這是我妹妹的最愛，非常想要的聖誕節娃娃。
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9 b6 t/ t' v6 k7 VShe was sure that Santa Claus would bring it to her. '
; J( P. v' g( z她一直認為聖誕老人會帶娃娃來給她的。」
- H) C& v" i5 `. N8 x: II replied to him that maybe Santa Claus would bring it to her after all, and not to worry.# R+ P$ h1 D: j0 e2 z) B N/ t! U+ m
我告訴他不用擔心，聖誕老人最後可能會帶給她的。) y1 C! N9 a* ]; e
' R4 F; D" Z6 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. '# I' n( O2 k# [5 T, 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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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. ' '
! m3 z. C! U# K$ g8 q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。』# {) Z4 m5 e- m( a, h' |4 k
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$ D9 W3 R$ e+ y% E$ l2 G. rMy heart nearly stopped.
4 B$ V9 y0 V; r8 ^6 U. w: Y我的心臟幾乎要停止了。2 i9 S6 }8 T. n s0 w
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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. '0 o) r& d" _1 m
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。』 E. j% h4 ]1 w- s# g7 F% n/ N0 i8 h
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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. '' }5 J+ j! ^9 s
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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9 S9 p# |( j" K" ]% S' M* ~'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. '8 P8 }) L- Z7 ?
『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。』# r# I& b# [& h5 F* v# q) w% e$ U! V
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Then he looked again at the doll with sad eyes, very quietly.
W t7 c+ S; |9 g9 e, t( B然後他安靜地用哀傷的眼睛再看著娃娃。
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9 E6 o& f8 W/ _0 o/ WI 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! ' '
. o" U, f. e, C6 w' j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! 』, S/ K* J. a) i2 v' Y% [
$ R! e% X; o: x ]6 M'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.9 |+ D2 r- n# Y# J9 A. D: O9 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。7 W6 d5 @3 i1 g) o
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The little boy said: ' Thank you God for giving me enough money! '
% l, ?6 W" a3 O/ b小男孩說：『謝謝上帝給了我足 的錢!』& g" H& C4 H& q5 @) `, d! A; e0 g
2 S0 f: g# C7 f2 FThen 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! ' '
/ U& l5 I) p+ i3 M/ p* r0 @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! 』9 @1 u1 ^9 O! y7 q" I; p" L
2 K; v! ?; |3 b8 ] a2 o9 i'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. ' '- |; g% f1 B4 m+ _# c/ S
2 L2 \+ x1 y* e2 S/ ~7 q6 T『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。』% o4 R7 J& {) ]' M7 Y- ~2 H
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'My mommy loves white roses. '
8 F1 T) P2 B7 U0 k; F3 `$ p# b+ r$ f『我媽媽喜歡白玫瑰』。( g7 x E) v/ j5 V3 [( r
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A few minutes later, the old lady returned and I left with my basket.$ r. C3 j9 y; v% [5 q
幾分鐘後，老婦人回來了。我也就提了購物籃離開了。/ ?& i4 j% d" E/ \. E: b
) {, A0 I$ ~0 V" ^$ V8 lI finished my shopping in a totally different state of mind from when I started.8 Z& B' W8 Z+ y2 u
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.8 p# ^$ C" x* y7 x5 z- o' |- {' F
小男孩一直無法離開我的心境。
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- W# X! L2 ~* t* `# W6 N7 \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 young6 m7 ?( x9 s a9 Q+ X
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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
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，因為年輕少婦不可能從昏迷中恢復。9 Y. y$ M$ b/ s6 ^1 O/ N! t$ K
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Was this the family of the little boy?( b" J+ N$ J7 k; H) d$ {8 E0 w
他就是這家庭的小男孩？
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- [2 g6 _6 o1 X' K) L. A! iTwo days after this encounter with the little boy, I read in the news paper that the young woman had passed away.2 V* L) [2 B1 O2 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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2 x$ t" `* |$ B9 `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." P( o' L2 Z2 O! y/ G* n# A
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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, ], N. Q# M* n K: b5 j* J# c ZShe 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.
) K& s ^# P( \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。; m2 B! q& }8 z( v l
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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 is
# R' @3 a* ?% X- Vstill, to this day, hard to imagine.
7 C; i0 e6 D9 V; {2 U5 U- \0 i3 u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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0 x; U9 B& n' h* G& iAnd in a fraction of a second, a drunk driver had taken all this away from him.
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