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I was walking around in a Target store, when I saw a Cashier hand this little boy some money back.$ v" s" `; {3 I
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.
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: S6 r, |' B0 T3 BThe Cashier said, ' I ' m sorry, but you don ' t have enough money to buy this doll. '
3 G) ~" e# p: i7 @- d2 J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,( c9 j6 O- [4 {& O( D% K2 P% `8 t7 K
are you sure I don ' t have enough money? ' '/ I9 q' k5 v- X6 t7 G# p* x- X
小男孩轉向他旁邊的老婦人：
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9 l- h- h) O6 M% _ R: ~( W* w「奶奶！妳也認為我的錢不 嗎？」
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5 D# u: p! h# U+ h6 { y$ c$ dThe old lady replied: ' ' You know that you don ' t have enough money to buy this doll, my dear. ' '2 W2 a! S: b& F& ?7 m: E @
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.
3 Y; G: I2 c: P她要小男孩呆在那裡5分鐘，她一下就回來。 她迅速離開了。) p$ n$ J+ m& S$ @: V2 J! N9 J
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The little boy was still holding the doll in his hand.- N. }# r9 e3 h2 l2 Q, `
小男孩的手仍然握著娃娃。1 q& a7 Z' Y1 t: h/ g* L2 u4 \4 ]
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0 i: t% ^& A4 yFinally, I walked toward him and I asked him who he wished to give this doll to.
! c8 I) d9 c) W- B! o3 h, M最後我向他走去，問他這個娃娃你想給誰。 8 z: _; [9 g' W: Q$ E* u4 S* r
9 _3 X3 N$ ]5 J; |7 L. f'It ' s the doll that my sister loved most and wanted so much for Christmas.% J% p! D: M3 o
『這是我妹妹的最愛，非常想要的聖誕節娃娃。4 H# P( V7 Y7 p) z! W r
1 i/ m% ]1 S1 OShe was sure that Santa Claus would bring it to her. '! Q1 T& [! [+ V0 E/ ?8 Y
她一直認為聖誕老人會帶娃娃來給她的。」( \( Z* K9 y3 [* q
I replied to him that maybe Santa Claus would bring it to her after all, and not to worry.7 Y9 }/ m( B3 |& L& D$ W" S
我告訴他不用擔心，聖誕老人最後可能會帶給她的。) i- R% A, R+ X* b1 k( X
9 n4 @( y9 ~2 G& d* P6 a0 U+ F6 iBut 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 s7 y# y K9 F( J( q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. ' '
2 P6 b; y: O6 N1 X) s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。』& v9 [. E/ N Y( w, D2 C. Y' j1 O, S9 ?
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9 ^8 F. k, y+ y0 R: R* U' xMy heart nearly stopped. L) D% b& }0 t8 V3 w+ O
我的心臟幾乎要停止了。
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! v4 M- Q$ j: QThe 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. '/ G, G. | u8 G/ n
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。』$ N9 v* g: y8 O' j9 A, K
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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. '# b# G0 ^+ }' E5 X J0 p; ~
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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$ {( D1 s) e* H9 u8 s3 ] `. L'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. '
9 g& u2 ]) ]1 n- R( t5 D4 F* |『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。』1 S* }* R6 K0 r% I/ t0 j% ]! c" c: p
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Then he looked again at the doll with sad eyes, very quietly.5 y0 H/ ], o$ [4 v
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! ' '
5 W: {; B- V7 V1 T& d7 U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! 』# v4 k& s' j7 y+ ]
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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.
5 r9 [$ h& M7 F- o『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。* M9 p* f9 Z1 A9 M! P" [ O4 G
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The little boy said: ' Thank you God for giving me enough money! '. D9 k4 v% R' ?5 `
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! ' '8 }- ^0 |* g1 ?/ Q) T5 g6 Q
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! 』0 D% l1 s" n- Y
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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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) u- x* m) ~ p2 A) w) i& r9 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。』/ N" T# Q% }4 }8 p
, X( Y/ o' D, e7 Z4 l6 a'My mommy loves white roses. '2 l5 @/ y5 S Z G, j# {
『我媽媽喜歡白玫瑰』。& r2 U& j+ b( e: X% t2 E
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A few minutes later, the old lady returned and I left with my basket.3 `' _2 o$ Y- x+ r0 C3 e& U
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.% i( J0 r" n$ o! n' n+ V
我從一開始就在完全不同的心境下購物。! t& U3 Q1 q3 h7 P- R- W t
. s, p. G3 h e: J6 x& i! II couldn ' t get the little boy out of my mind.
) ]6 }/ U2 `, J) b6 Y# K9 e小男孩一直無法離開我的心境。! P3 @3 j0 V" Q
$ B( x8 r" l; G& a# B# f3 Y7 FThen 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 young5 O. m6 Q/ n5 y! {7 ^8 w: k
woman and a little girl.+ U0 S4 Q! I. k9 A# J% t
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 t$ ?6 `. F+ S4 F m# UThe 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.
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，因為年輕少婦不可能從昏迷中恢復。0 q2 \5 F* }7 M8 F9 U. Y! l
) s& P0 G y5 k- U% f. yWas this the family of the little boy?
6 Z* W' [; b% S7 c- D他就是這家庭的小男孩？% _6 a& ^* s/ L( W5 q
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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.
) i g$ T5 w: |' x) h碰到小男孩的二天之後，我看了報紙年輕少婦過世了。) M* N# Z$ ~5 N2 @ R
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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.
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" O' x; L. c+ ]' l, r; H* vShe 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.
: |2 l2 t0 P" T0 C9 S" C( N$ T& y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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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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' O' i1 n e) O/ h9 lAnd in a fraction of a second, a drunk driver had taken all this away from him.1 P5 J9 ~! V6 E. F
就在一轉眼工夫，一位醉酒司機奪去了他的所有。 |
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