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I was walking around in a Target store, when I saw a Cashier hand this little boy some money back.
* c4 P4 Y. B: X2 J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.: K+ E1 T4 ], X$ g4 J# S8 g! u
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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. '
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Then the little boy turned to the old woman next to him: ' ' Granny,: E7 X+ a4 d9 c5 P6 l, m
are you sure I don ' t have enough money? ' '; g) a6 I& o) K% O, U
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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The old lady replied: ' ' You know that you don ' t have enough money to buy this doll, my dear. ' '# {+ G- [4 w) ^ d) c% g. J# m
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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$ E1 T3 ?+ J4 ~; z. J/ p0 R/ QThen she asked him to stay there for just 5 minutes while she went to look around. She left quickly.
) j! v# h- G' U6 Y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.
1 D, D; Q8 a' Z/ _5 _3 x+ ]小男孩的手仍然握著娃娃。
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7 r# m7 M0 r9 d1 N# @Finally, I walked toward him and I asked him who he wished to give this doll to.# e# Z* Y, u% r7 n3 s O+ i
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.
: t4 i0 n: x5 p『這是我妹妹的最愛，非常想要的聖誕節娃娃。
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She was sure that Santa Claus would bring it to her. '
9 I( W$ |% t" g) C$ ?; u6 J& A- m" a3 n她一直認為聖誕老人會帶娃娃來給她的。」% x8 j7 a6 j& f& N( K
I replied to him that maybe Santa Claus would bring it to her after all, and not to worry.
- ^: g+ e( M6 n1 ]! Q; m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. '% T& K& I M& Z% K/ k- I. ?; T
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。』. [+ j6 K: Y2 A) a6 z3 M
- U9 s* [0 R5 X! L8 ^' ]+ K: z4 dHis 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. ' '$ ` r4 z% L) ]! u ~. a2 j
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.
; `5 g" g/ F+ |3 ^9 [/ f8 }我的心臟幾乎要停止了。
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9 r9 y0 K$ `5 zThe 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. '
+ i5 D4 C% C5 ]+ i. T' b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。』8 m+ ]8 t8 I3 o1 q
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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. ') {, J# {% s! R: V C$ _
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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4 `# e" r% B& s* K'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.
6 M+ y. E8 P" q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! ' '
; \* n- M, }0 q! n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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'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.
3 o' a, T3 m0 \9 p7 c) _* y『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。$ L0 E0 [2 @; M9 H
) Q4 w$ g) F$ ?9 n0 O. iThe little boy said: ' Thank you God for giving me enough money! '
1 K$ p4 q! F! [+ g5 {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! ' '/ c5 |: D0 m: ~$ _* k: n& `, L) b
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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- E u8 M4 e9 K'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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; c) Y3 z- U5 W6 F2 r$ T『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。』
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1 U, Z' m9 `( u6 Q+ K h'My mommy loves white roses. '
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A few minutes later, the old lady returned and I left with my basket.
( M. T/ ^$ p* Y6 f. F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.
& \7 K& v* T1 T' O8 k( k2 @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.
6 g. c4 u2 m# H小男孩一直無法離開我的心境。
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+ J, d0 ]9 q% J5 L2 k2 DThen 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 young4 o: g4 z& V8 B
woman and a little girl.
9 {6 g5 z# ]$ `0 X6 @- U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。3 F+ _! g; ]$ r8 N& D7 i2 [
6 F8 K. D5 x% f% s2 sThe little girl died right away, and the mother was left in a critical$ @" _2 f# Z5 \* J5 E
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life-sustaining machine, because the young woman would not be able to recover from the coma.
( j8 {2 ^. \% ]2 o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?
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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.
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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.
/ W6 r3 ] _: f# @" o/ T6 X! y; v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.
5 h$ S8 J& z1 s i5 i% E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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/ F1 u; b2 V; T0 e1 E8 N6 O% c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。7 d( J c H3 E! {: |' v1 r
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And in a fraction of a second, a drunk driver had taken all this away from him." J8 C, Y8 m- n8 ~. V& `
就在一轉眼工夫，一位醉酒司機奪去了他的所有。 |
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