動人心弦的小男孩 (Little Boy Touches Hearts)

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I was walking around in a Target store, when I saw a Cashier hand this little boy some money back.
% ?  {4 B$ F4 B# ^% ~& p$ P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. '
1 M  n5 K! C  E5 K2 O- K! T- S0 P收銀員說：『抱歉！你買這娃娃的錢不夠。』

Then the little boy turned to the old woman next to him: ' ' Granny,
are you sure I don ' t have enough money? ' '
7 e2 b: M& z; m7 i, f5 l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？」

) Q! N$ y  y1 c" k3 P  g& _The old lady replied: ' ' You know that you don ' t have enough money to buy this doll, my dear. ' '
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.
$ f2 f6 C% `, x  Z" K* C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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0 p* e% D' N4 ^- ?) F6 DThe little boy was still holding the doll in his hand.
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( p! a2 m5 @4 a1 C' K) XFinally, I walked toward him and I asked him who he wished to give this doll to.
* x) J" }# D4 \8 q1 R最後我向他走去，問他這個娃娃你想給誰。

'It ' s the doll that my sister loved most and wanted so much for Christmas.
『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. '
; s% L/ L& m1 z, N- ]- g8 D* S她一直認為聖誕老人會帶娃娃來給她的。」
& E% J0 G9 B+ x4 [" \" CI replied to him that maybe Santa Claus would bring it to her after all, and not to worry.
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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& |* n" j/ {2 W( r) S# }6 t, }6 B5 XBut 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. '
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。』

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. ' '
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* P. U* Y  j$ x- T: K8 s" kMy heart nearly stopped.
我的心臟幾乎要停止了。
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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. '
: T) E( M# m$ _7 p& g0 N0 d2 r$ 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。』
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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. '
) Q* Y, t! E4 c- A* s% A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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'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. '
『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。』


  w' H5 y( E; T1 O' `- M% zThen he looked again at the doll with sad eyes, very quietly.
5 }- b. E) e0 a# b1 S8 c4 o, N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! ' '
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.
『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。

8 H. ]* K# y/ x+ nThe little boy said: ' Thank you God for giving me enough money! '
小男孩說：『謝謝上帝給了我足 的錢!』

( Y' l' q1 i7 m( J. b, t0 _5 pThen 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! ' '
9 I$ |$ I6 l$ N. u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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+ I9 M: E/ D; a4 b" h: @; E) m'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. ' '

『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。』

'My mommy loves white roses. '
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) K" H# i3 P! j0 k! P' \A few minutes later, the old lady returned and I left with my basket.
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.
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.
- Z& V9 \8 l9 @6 r% T. }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
woman and a little girl.
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8 F! y7 ~' a0 |" xThe little girl died right away, and the mother was left in a critical
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4 ^* ]1 ~) |. {1 s* l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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' ^/ w. E" x0 ?, j: I3 XWas this the family of the little boy?
他就是這家庭的小男孩？

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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4 v9 O4 j" c# B- B, `1 m2 C: UI 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.
  d2 W5 J/ q3 H( i: Y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.
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。

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
still, to this day, hard to imagine.
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3 a2 n" R1 I* J4 `And in a fraction of a second, a drunk driver had taken all this away from him.
就在一轉眼工夫，一位醉酒司機奪去了他的所有。

YZSUNNY

睡懒觉的闹钟

对自己负责。对别人负责，对社会负责，请勿酒后驾车。因为这个小男孩有可能成为你家的孩子。

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