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I was walking around in a Target store, when I saw a Cashier hand this little boy some money back.
3 ?6 p1 Y+ Z f3 a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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9 H6 }# u: [ J3 K& S: N$ KThe boy couldn ' t have been more than 5 or 6 years old.0 d$ N% G6 T- \
% \, t+ W& d# @這男孩不過5、6歲。* w4 n- `" `/ B& V
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The Cashier said, ' I ' m sorry, but you don ' t have enough money to buy this doll. '
o6 E' l1 n4 r收銀員說:『抱歉!你買這娃娃的錢不夠。』! H8 v# C1 B# `6 z
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Then the little boy turned to the old woman next to him: ' ' Granny,
, b2 _) w9 l5 ^# M3 E5 iare you sure I don ' t have enough money? ' '
/ t1 w5 s3 Q( [- h, G* ^1 V- g小男孩轉向他旁邊的老婦人:
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) `- P" q, l9 ^$ O' Z0 \# g「奶奶!妳也認為我的錢不 嗎?」; b3 z1 _" D6 x: B6 w( S
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The old lady replied: ' ' You know that you don ' t have enough money to buy this doll, my dear. ' ': M; E8 ^* M1 y; j
老婦人回道:「親愛的!你知道買這個娃娃的錢是不夠的。」' G# \4 D4 J: k+ f0 j
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Then she asked him to stay there for just 5 minutes while she went to look around. She left quickly.
" ^! y# T* h8 [+ R7 ?她要小男孩呆在那裡5分鐘,她一下就回來。 她迅速離開了。3 ] {5 {; G S2 D; ]1 f
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The little boy was still holding the doll in his hand.( b( c' e4 r: d' W$ @
小男孩的手仍然握著娃娃。1 j; `; A4 B! W, t
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* o5 m3 V1 x: c% j4 q2 n# c' zFinally, I walked toward him and I asked him who he wished to give this doll to.! {" q- }5 m' [. {7 o: w
最後我向他走去,問他這個娃娃你想給誰。 : u5 ^* F9 }# @1 x( Y: p: F% u; q
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'It ' s the doll that my sister loved most and wanted so much for Christmas.0 M" V5 I( i. Z* H/ M0 O
『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. '
/ _/ B3 K0 C% S她一直認為聖誕老人會帶娃娃來給她的。」1 T& p5 p9 x8 O$ C. ^+ c
I replied to him that maybe Santa Claus would bring it to her after all, and not to worry.
+ ^% q7 ~$ q, i0 {+ e& I我告訴他不用擔心,聖誕老人最後可能會帶給她的。! d, | B; F4 c5 ~/ `# e
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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. '3 ^; F( l* Y) S! P2 }( E4 `- H
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。』3 @' S" z x* b p2 V f$ N
) C- _$ u7 R. Q7 G2 o& ?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. ' '
/ T9 ?$ y& `4 S+ C8 n* @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.9 m( M1 F+ _) d8 x. P
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. '
* b( f0 l& \( P& ]0 ^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. '0 U: s! C$ ]; g; T. h7 T
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 s- b' g, F/ u
0 i6 }# C2 F) b y, 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. '7 N& j0 A# D; c9 W: u7 i6 Z
『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。』. R$ z8 n$ s- A! Z( I8 e; T% J
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Then he looked again at the doll with sad eyes, very quietly.
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! ~0 H9 i8 F) G5 v' a# aI 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! ' '
& B* |1 A6 w& ^9 _$ J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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8 E1 j. v& Y5 l; x% M7 \'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.
6 i$ ~0 Q3 K8 ~( }/ _; n『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。) H0 N9 w$ L! R; v# M6 N8 {
' C6 w$ K2 H$ p) E9 @8 m, U/ u* GThe little boy said: ' Thank you God for giving me enough money! '8 H$ k+ V9 u8 q: [2 ?8 N$ B
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! ' '
& U, V. Q3 L$ b/ V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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9 s+ i a! ~# ~& B2 f'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. ' ') p# h- X# F- L& Z: J: \
6 p; H" l0 y2 ~; \% q% Y2 R) W『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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$ B0 t2 h2 x3 A( J4 ^! d% M'My mommy loves white roses. '' l, y; F( Z, q, J5 n' `
『我媽媽喜歡白玫瑰』。" _! v/ d, k# H. h) w" G; Z8 o) p
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A few minutes later, the old lady returned and I left with my basket.# W6 O4 L3 Q; x- U5 P& x; M# ^
幾分鐘後,老婦人回來了。我也就提了購物籃離開了。7 M) t6 p1 a+ [ v' z" M- K- v& ~
. A3 k& q `" UI finished my shopping in a totally different state of mind from when I started.# r0 r) }* P5 z8 {6 @$ s5 S ~* \
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.. d& v( J4 g7 H$ B9 E
小男孩一直無法離開我的心境。) }8 R! R7 {6 O: i' s
, F/ {( b$ }) g% s: s4 oThen 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 s! |# X0 e* h, t
woman and a little girl.
e- n* {1 ~; h2 x2 ~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。) V# T [2 ]1 o7 ?
% {1 I. }1 q: c0 @2 |The little girl died right away, and the mother was left in a critical
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; Z8 a$ W* J6 v/ N! K6 q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
$ ^- a& x6 A! _+ [0 P: Y F,因為年輕少婦不可能從昏迷中恢復。
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+ s, P7 z2 v o9 r2 |* q( NWas this the family of the little boy?
5 }8 T0 R% C8 L0 s他就是這家庭的小男孩?4 H$ a X q6 T" Y
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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.& M" w, f3 N* D) W3 X( a5 t: o' p
碰到小男孩的二天之後,我看了報紙年輕少婦過世了。 ~$ t5 K' Z8 B8 _4 W3 z2 ]9 g
- G' B7 @, w# u0 U" J! ]. bI 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.& I4 [ Q8 n* P2 m1 l2 {3 A
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.4 R. ]# S5 V+ 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。% i! G" L3 E6 X( X
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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
( A$ u8 D; v2 Tstill, to this day, hard to imagine.
% L, z7 ^% n. C; _. y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。6 ^- A$ M6 {3 \4 s/ o* n
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And in a fraction of a second, a drunk driver had taken all this away from him.
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