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I was walking around in a Target store, when I saw a Cashier hand this little boy some money back.
" h! D G5 {% W! x; H% H8 l- n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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5 v" [4 J. b- x% D! iThe boy couldn ' t have been more than 5 or 6 years old.
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9 O5 A* G' E: W: i這男孩不過5、6歲。' S, s& p5 z% E$ w5 q5 H
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& @( z& H7 \) g1 p$ n/ Z% \ wThe Cashier said, ' I ' m sorry, but you don ' t have enough money to buy this doll. '( t! e: z2 `# n* G) N9 S
收銀員說:『抱歉!你買這娃娃的錢不夠。』% X- ~2 a( g; @7 m3 E P- a7 F
, {6 \# q) n2 y0 S IThen the little boy turned to the old woman next to him: ' ' Granny,
& ?4 \8 I: B2 }' y6 [' |are you sure I don ' t have enough money? ' ', V; Y0 r7 J) w3 X L2 B5 c! {" F
小男孩轉向他旁邊的老婦人:% X6 n8 s- o8 c, t
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「奶奶!妳也認為我的錢不 嗎?」' K/ ~' ?; K: ]: @% M; s: p
% C) c* D! g5 b+ YThe old lady replied: ' ' You know that you don ' t have enough money to buy this doll, my dear. ' '3 q5 v4 ]! u# u# T+ r( x
老婦人回道:「親愛的!你知道買這個娃娃的錢是不夠的。」& I e6 J; S! D" _# e
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/ g* u$ O8 x" F- E9 UThen she asked him to stay there for just 5 minutes while she went to look around. She left quickly.
. M7 r% _+ g3 x" j0 D& 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。' E) j6 h; u6 z
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4 s5 H P0 a& p* v# u: ~The little boy was still holding the doll in his hand.. v8 ~1 D5 m% Z0 T0 R9 B
小男孩的手仍然握著娃娃。
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) @/ {' u% C9 r- aFinally, I walked toward him and I asked him who he wished to give this doll to.7 c$ v" b6 G$ s8 F/ \+ N8 j: P3 S
最後我向他走去,問他這個娃娃你想給誰。
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# c" S% s2 r2 f V9 Q5 }8 F'It ' s the doll that my sister loved most and wanted so much for Christmas.) A+ F2 i& [$ ?
『這是我妹妹的最愛,非常想要的聖誕節娃娃。
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' r( m* g( c* M6 p" d" C# xShe was sure that Santa Claus would bring it to her. '
' v6 q, J' d% b3 d6 x她一直認為聖誕老人會帶娃娃來給她的。」* \* x8 u6 i) h; F$ L
I replied to him that maybe Santa Claus would bring it to her after all, and not to worry.+ w# [3 _3 `' k* W5 {! ^& \: @( w' w
我告訴他不用擔心,聖誕老人最後可能會帶給她的。7 l. d6 { { @! _; j$ `: N
9 Z0 r/ F5 V N: R) |& O+ u! uBut 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. '
. D. c$ `# L' g3 n& ?- L" b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. ' '9 `8 A- @$ ? O6 ~, 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。』+ M W9 H, N4 d* K y
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My heart nearly stopped.; Y& g* g; ?, Q7 Z2 i6 p
我的心臟幾乎要停止了。1 L! N _# Y4 Z# B
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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. ', L2 [2 b/ S% a8 l9 D
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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& M$ x' {9 K% F% n: DThen 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. '
% L& n5 C2 w0 J4 k+ e% g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。』 ^6 k7 Y( ?+ W
9 I s \) p/ W' R' J3 J'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. '
( f% i7 x' l9 H# C( k『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。』$ b+ M: P/ ~( x& N( b+ b
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% `% V0 f, `- `" fThen he looked again at the doll with sad eyes, very quietly.# x+ X- o2 b3 C4 `3 D* S
然後他安靜地用哀傷的眼睛再看著娃娃。
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8 F$ i3 ]! ?4 r# }* KI 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! ' '
: y& C! K# j: Q5 K$ i& W$ t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! 』8 n' w! p) h& j( Y0 T3 N$ U
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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.
; o0 [/ q3 @& l1 v7 V1 v/ N0 U『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。% [3 Y+ h4 J: I* C! s, x( x/ f& [
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The little boy said: ' Thank you God for giving me enough money! '( z! J6 E* u# |7 i) _
小男孩說:『謝謝上帝給了我足 的錢!』
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! V1 s Q% ^( ?7 z% yThen 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! ' '7 [1 _0 a/ F2 w
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! 』# Q: r4 \% L: s5 L8 c& G: r( a
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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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『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。』% H6 Z& Y! v( J/ l
; Q/ q b7 ~" v' a! r'My mommy loves white roses. '0 M, o8 |! M1 m8 ]% l
『我媽媽喜歡白玫瑰』。) W: n( i0 h8 K; C; ^2 b+ E
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A few minutes later, the old lady returned and I left with my basket." q+ E2 k3 R0 O
幾分鐘後,老婦人回來了。我也就提了購物籃離開了。" A5 B1 |- ~, Z; \0 ~ @# W- d
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I finished my shopping in a totally different state of mind from when I started.0 V0 u# A% S* b/ o& S2 t
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.
% w" s& e, q/ l; B! f9 _小男孩一直無法離開我的心境。
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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
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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。; b, I0 w- H1 B! ?% o) x
& S5 a k7 S$ a5 iThe little girl died right away, and the mother was left in a critical! p2 f' i# h1 [5 I$ Q `
state. The family had to decide whether to pull the plug on the0 Q4 ^' X1 {! e& [
life-sustaining machine, because the young woman would not be able to recover from the coma.
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Was this the family of the little boy?" x J0 M% X* n; ?
他就是這家庭的小男孩?
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" ^9 M! i5 U2 ~5 k1 P- s3 kTwo days after this encounter with the little boy, I read in the news paper that the young woman had passed away.& K3 Q# @6 Q1 e5 E: O6 O
碰到小男孩的二天之後,我看了報紙年輕少婦過世了。4 V b9 j$ u% {
, R% u, u: Q- l pI 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.! Y- t4 Q# B2 o
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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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.8 B2 D) [: R8 {- N' J+ p5 ~
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。$ k! K9 S! I( t* z
, V: K7 N i8 ]& S2 g) g& m/ ?+ xI 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! M& f; a8 Z2 `" dAnd in a fraction of a second, a drunk driver had taken all this away from him.
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