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I was walking around in a Target store, when I saw a Cashier hand this little boy some money back.+ P1 C3 w( M/ {5 c! X
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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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. '
( n9 o- S1 P' \& c3 a4 R& h/ U, p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,* V0 M. t t$ B/ t2 X$ G1 z$ F
are you sure I don ' t have enough money? ' '- k1 o6 n. Z( e7 |+ c- }, S
小男孩轉向他旁邊的老婦人：
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「奶奶！妳也認為我的錢不 嗎？」
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' H3 r1 m4 f. Z1 H! t2 D+ _! Q. GThe old lady replied: ' ' You know that you don ' t have enough money to buy this doll, my dear. ' '1 k& \" `* j0 F8 D) {+ |# y
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.
7 q- I. f' W1 k* A- ~; _她要小男孩呆在那裡5分鐘，她一下就回來。 她迅速離開了。) b2 _; ?; V' u1 ~) a; ?: ], L' f( P w
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# a; n0 I, W3 p( Q) ]The little boy was still holding the doll in his hand.0 T$ g, \) n0 W* z. V& i, z) ~
小男孩的手仍然握著娃娃。4 l/ k3 a* X3 n, ^: j, b& j3 n- Y- T
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# W3 ]1 v+ o. q* H8 |4 AFinally, I walked toward him and I asked him who he wished to give this doll to.
- k3 F$ i9 \! ^# N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.
# x, T8 E% A2 [- i0 {『這是我妹妹的最愛，非常想要的聖誕節娃娃。
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! ~5 |0 h w, V( `; h+ F) \She was sure that Santa Claus would bring it to her. '
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I replied to him that maybe Santa Claus would bring it to her after all, and not to worry.! o, _7 A' I) z6 t$ d1 w
我告訴他不用擔心，聖誕老人最後可能會帶給她的。5 s" z' B. `$ [- d3 v1 K
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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. '
/ v! A$ F2 f0 W' n/ b$ S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. ' '- _6 w- P9 l- N( u
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。』5 V4 P2 B1 H" S; |
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My heart nearly stopped.
, m4 u& {- P- c+ {- U我的心臟幾乎要停止了。# A: n7 ]& L) G( {. |) ]8 z
. m8 N( ^5 @) @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. '+ L' {2 ]8 v9 A3 |9 e( S/ b, 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。』
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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. '' [: Y' Y2 h: j2 S: Y
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。』1 r6 S3 v# `1 ~
) l) c9 K$ ^+ \* ^5 f& z! Y5 A'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. '
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Then he looked again at the doll with sad eyes, very quietly.8 P h1 ^$ R z. A" ^
然後他安靜地用哀傷的眼睛再看著娃娃。
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N/ ~& H. q( Z8 b1 hI 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! ' '1 b/ D4 {6 A) Q
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! 』+ V7 g; d# g- {
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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.
! T# b6 v9 a) v『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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, h7 i7 K6 Y5 g7 ~The little boy said: ' Thank you God for giving me enough money! '4 }( x& f* @9 v8 ^
小男孩說：『謝謝上帝給了我足 的錢!』. I( y+ F7 @ f2 x/ h
" a* Q' l \( Y# e* ~+ IThen 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 H4 g, T, Z% ]+ Q/ K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! 』# k5 f* X- r3 D2 h( `
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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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/ o( h* K. h: T1 T5 O+ g; I( i# h『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。』1 h- f" C S- ?$ @; X6 i
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'My mommy loves white roses. ') o% }/ ^7 w. l; S9 O% [* o* b
『我媽媽喜歡白玫瑰』。: N1 j/ C2 C9 H- g* g
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A few minutes later, the old lady returned and I left with my basket.0 P# c' j3 A/ B) n
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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+ q0 ~( k$ S& M- G. Q, `2 fI finished my shopping in a totally different state of mind from when I started.
% ]1 H3 x0 ~2 r% ?5 h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.' `3 }, y" d3 W3 y$ x! }
小男孩一直無法離開我的心境。6 r9 V1 n# o7 j( Y/ a" p4 h, y; p% _
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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! D3 J8 _. V& b6 R5 Q, b* \* y' `8 K
woman and a little girl.2 l; |; D7 ~/ O5 ?
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。1 X4 v- U k) a6 G+ i+ n3 ?
# k B' v3 H( @5 h* rThe 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.* \* ]) Z w9 w K: B, O; Q& f' e
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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( ?7 N1 Q# e2 l- s2 y" B+ CWas this the family of the little boy?
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+ e z1 Z2 D3 \Two days after this encounter with the little boy, I read in the news paper that the young woman had passed away.
1 f6 |- W* u4 V! F" t. k& }% 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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D. r( N0 f# [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.1 X3 A* C- ?4 D
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。" j: ?$ ~% \" d1 C
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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.; _7 @& W- {- a5 R
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。2 t! a- c# M- A
+ S$ o/ C0 U: E- Y/ NI 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$ `. L. l }* {8 w% K- [
still, to this day, hard to imagine.: Z+ @9 T, o I# I3 x' R
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.* H; g% B- r( d& u# O* q' ^2 S
就在一轉眼工夫，一位醉酒司機奪去了他的所有。 |
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