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I was walking around in a Target store, when I saw a Cashier hand this little boy some money back.
& v1 S4 ~* {7 {! Z! d' z7 \ T( n6 y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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The boy couldn ' t have been more than 5 or 6 years old. O/ b0 d! k0 W4 E) j
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這男孩不過5、6歲。4 j$ T0 L& ^8 T5 `1 y! F
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4 z6 X+ ?7 ?5 E/ X( F0 ^, sThe Cashier said, ' I ' m sorry, but you don ' t have enough money to buy this doll. '8 `- C5 G. P1 L7 h, E" @
收銀員說:『抱歉!你買這娃娃的錢不夠。』
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* H( }9 ?- V, TThen the little boy turned to the old woman next to him: ' ' Granny,
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& O6 w0 ?4 p8 K6 _8 v小男孩轉向他旁邊的老婦人: N2 H! p5 H3 e5 M1 x
7 c( k) a |, }1 I: Q$ r4 i" y- @「奶奶!妳也認為我的錢不 嗎?」, i f4 Y v$ I2 Y
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The old lady replied: ' ' You know that you don ' t have enough money to buy this doll, my dear. ' '/ ]$ ~9 i) D8 _ b' C' W/ [, _& v
老婦人回道:「親愛的!你知道買這個娃娃的錢是不夠的。」# p2 t# `/ H4 n- M
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. C* i' J ~$ z% n! l4 NThen she asked him to stay there for just 5 minutes while she went to look around. She left quickly.) t% f; k, I1 k) s( C; |+ 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.
8 g( \2 h# a5 v3 i, I5 H小男孩的手仍然握著娃娃。) U& l5 J$ q( C
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% s1 g; I) E! u5 IFinally, I walked toward him and I asked him who he wished to give this doll to.- ?( x: J# X9 j/ J5 t
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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She was sure that Santa Claus would bring it to her. '2 `2 ^) r3 X6 g2 [. A0 r: d% R
她一直認為聖誕老人會帶娃娃來給她的。」" l% J" [* x# L' q" z
I replied to him that maybe Santa Claus would bring it to her after all, and not to worry.
, v3 u( r0 s& @我告訴他不用擔心,聖誕老人最後可能會帶給她的。
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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. '9 p o. P7 V# s' U9 r$ {
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. ' '5 F6 f0 W ^" f# Y" Z- t) D% I* y) F" t
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。』: G( e2 l7 o! o6 k
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; J7 F0 o5 ^) m& d/ l4 |My heart nearly stopped.
) |0 J# G& R% w7 I$ O8 l我的心臟幾乎要停止了。
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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. '
, o* u* G2 Q5 }8 Y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。』. J/ }6 _# ?% N3 R3 T" F7 s
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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 j9 I, j' G0 K& }" ^: M2 J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。』, R- d1 k N! {& {6 K& e/ o
* I' l# L1 C1 c2 g- W/ H'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. '
" U' q; U- s* A. `- H+ S『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.4 }+ [8 }+ P4 C) q7 m3 K, ~! a
然後他安靜地用哀傷的眼睛再看著娃娃。8 Y9 L* G7 x, J! m
, O5 V0 x: r3 |4 }- I$ x& lI 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! ' '
! C+ \; t6 z: @+ N4 o5 T8 j" t: Z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! 』3 @ U" w, d& W4 A% ~
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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.
6 `+ ]0 l: d) F7 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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0 |" V$ `3 s9 X% |7 R; u) rThe little boy said: ' Thank you God for giving me enough money! '
! f! O) r5 r( A8 S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! ' '
$ B3 d! j% ^# J0 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! 』/ w& L' q: B6 {
6 Y7 r3 {. N; C# w4 L. K1 `( B9 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. ' ' {- W' s/ m3 `: o& Z
S* k2 ^2 u- w* N' e『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。』: E/ i: K7 j( |* K9 m- a
( @! z$ r% g ~9 Z# O! r* I# l'My mommy loves white roses. '2 n: r2 {/ j. [
『我媽媽喜歡白玫瑰』。
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A few minutes later, the old lady returned and I left with my basket.4 }) Z1 d2 J0 r# A# @% [
幾分鐘後,老婦人回來了。我也就提了購物籃離開了。
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I finished my shopping in a totally different state of mind from when I started.
: ^6 ~" e& ?0 a, r# b我從一開始就在完全不同的心境下購物。: a2 E6 B: N5 j2 S' f2 P5 b# [/ y8 ~) q
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I couldn ' t get the little boy out of my mind.
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0 d5 B) c9 `# c* p1 ~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) L# _+ X% d! k) u9 f3 h2 |
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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- j0 @3 f3 ?2 T' B7 q
state. The family had to decide whether to pull the plug on the
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% l& v! ~1 U' s0 X1 w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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Was this the family of the little boy?
0 o8 n3 x6 h2 i0 p+ I* y: {他就是這家庭的小男孩?
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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.+ M* q& d! [: Z9 m3 e* C$ |5 |! f
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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5 ~$ M% p9 q( 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.
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0 o8 Y* T4 {" jShe 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.& p, P9 F0 l. W# c4 P: H2 D. d: @$ a8 h
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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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
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2 z+ @6 H% ^8 H6 i- p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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: c& y/ z. P* V) @9 mAnd in a fraction of a second, a drunk driver had taken all this away from him.9 k2 g+ ^* u2 ~( z( J) n
就在一轉眼工夫,一位醉酒司機奪去了他的所有。 |
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