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I was walking around in a Target store, when I saw a Cashier hand this little boy some money back.
' e3 \$ I5 a3 [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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: `$ a4 k) R& G. n: AThe Cashier said, ' I ' m sorry, but you don ' t have enough money to buy this doll. '' w' ]& f' R; R3 g/ s
收銀員說:『抱歉!你買這娃娃的錢不夠。』
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# @' r! N: S. X A) eThen the little boy turned to the old woman next to him: ' ' Granny,
& X0 b) g( h* s8 lare you sure I don ' t have enough money? ' '
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! i/ K: X, r7 c! H4 ]' N「奶奶!妳也認為我的錢不 嗎?」! t" w! w' U7 C
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The old lady replied: ' ' You know that you don ' t have enough money to buy this doll, my dear. ' '
e0 i* Z% `1 ^ C+ 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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4 N/ y n2 U7 t$ W6 J% BThen she asked him to stay there for just 5 minutes while she went to look around. She left quickly.
. C' f( N% W; F她要小男孩呆在那裡5分鐘,她一下就回來。 她迅速離開了。# w" L/ g! X. A4 s4 u" z* N6 M
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+ J0 Y% ]/ @9 }$ PThe little boy was still holding the doll in his hand.2 z& ?6 ?7 H) f2 L* `
小男孩的手仍然握著娃娃。
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; s3 X! t4 [7 T$ y+ }7 U& AFinally, I walked toward him and I asked him who he wished to give this doll to.6 b N% {1 _/ }5 q" \& `- N7 f* K7 @
最後我向他走去,問他這個娃娃你想給誰。 7 f- ~0 q1 p; B* E* x* Y1 N. ]# I
" }4 P! o8 r4 W& J'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. '
! W$ D0 ^7 d) w+ m/ E她一直認為聖誕老人會帶娃娃來給她的。」2 J5 ]7 F. _# U) I7 Q0 W0 I
I replied to him that maybe Santa Claus would bring it to her after all, and not to worry." I% h' R2 V3 p2 T) h9 z: X
我告訴他不用擔心,聖誕老人最後可能會帶給她的。$ [/ m3 Q7 ]+ S' X9 }" V
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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. '6 b8 I" Y9 X5 `4 {8 P% w
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。』. ^- N0 T/ Y h
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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. ' '7 w4 u# n9 V6 Z F, J2 D6 v
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.
; a J4 y1 h% d! K4 P我的心臟幾乎要停止了。0 A) B I0 E/ C' j% m4 A
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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. '- H7 x3 S: R! ]1 J1 Q
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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; }* h4 j/ p+ l0 _8 l) aThen 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. '6 t0 [. {) }# Q c2 D' x
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。』8 v1 S2 G/ F. f% W; [
6 x) s" g; Y5 y( a; A5 q L n" N'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. '
% l: G7 T% S) \# ]- j7 Q『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.
u, D* r/ X4 ]& m- z然後他安靜地用哀傷的眼睛再看著娃娃。& C5 E. Z8 j' b+ c
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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! ' '! k* r6 i2 \) O- h# O1 C
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 M" H9 o" o3 q" R) _& d# L'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 d# w+ Z7 i' j2 G
『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! '1 r1 I' n8 x5 U" |1 H/ A
小男孩說:『謝謝上帝給了我足 的錢!』" ~* l: M- _) f7 R0 n! c
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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! ' '4 Q X2 i4 N* v( x+ l: D
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. ' '" S9 F5 f% [9 ^( K3 G9 U6 S, \' k
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『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。』% E5 l- a8 p# U x: h5 I6 P
/ v6 s% a* x8 X# z' C'My mommy loves white roses. '& t. ~8 G5 C" w3 G) |
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# s. ~% _5 ?" s2 B8 d& N7 l0 LA few minutes later, the old lady returned and I left with my basket.
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% c) A- Y! o d6 ~( n1 DI finished my shopping in a totally different state of mind from when I started.
7 k* C. Z: z o% x/ I! e e" t* n我從一開始就在完全不同的心境下購物。
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& S$ G9 C# u5 [# a: @ xI couldn ' t get the little boy out of my mind.
( I; [. t, `+ u0 q* _小男孩一直無法離開我的心境。; f; S+ K9 R% O8 f
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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; y6 c! v7 e- j& p
woman and a little girl.
: B1 s9 F4 w: r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( l) {% X0 _, O8 l: P7 @) Q) F
state. The family had to decide whether to pull the plug on the
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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
2 k0 X1 i. x# l,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?6 c+ }3 X, G8 c. l* t- T
他就是這家庭的小男孩?$ j- r. Q; s1 w; `. L
( {$ @8 b7 Z- B. u8 @4 RTwo days after this encounter with the little boy, I read in the news paper that the young woman had passed away./ D% \' Q6 k4 I" h
碰到小男孩的二天之後,我看了報紙年輕少婦過世了。' F; h4 O. _2 Q0 x p
3 B3 T0 J2 t7 M- QI 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.7 p! U3 Q* N- K1 e, x, l& |# ]0 j
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。; X8 n1 a' @' Y: \) m& W9 Z
& `6 z+ K* Q8 z" z9 f, j* 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. C. x* c/ _+ X4 G
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。, j2 @8 j1 Z4 A' v
( X% W* r( v+ PI 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。: v& ^( I( x( @" V6 [! L
7 t6 I3 B. J8 ^- ]3 AAnd in a fraction of a second, a drunk driver had taken all this away from him.
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