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.
我在「塔杰」商店閒逛時，看到收銀員將一些錢退還給小男孩。

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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' J" x. d) s# M# [The Cashier said, ' I ' m sorry, but you don ' t have enough money to buy this doll. '
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,
/ z% x& T# P0 L& l9 J3 a8 Pare you sure I don ' t have enough money? ' '
) |/ v8 E0 y$ _, h1 `7 y9 N, S$ Z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？」

The old lady replied: ' ' You know that you don ' t have enough money to buy this doll, my dear. ' '
* B% t* _1 b( Z% w9 Q: h+ s老婦人回道：「親愛的！你知道買這個娃娃的錢是不夠的。」


8 i5 U5 p8 y6 k* UThen she asked him to stay there for just 5 minutes while she went to look around. She left quickly.
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 B4 ]2 L' V- W! _8 FThe little boy was still holding the doll in his hand.
小男孩的手仍然握著娃娃。


$ c# p# A0 u$ b  V9 G8 ZFinally, I walked toward him and I asked him who he wished to give this doll to.
最後我向他走去，問他這個娃娃你想給誰。

/ w- S, d- ^$ _'It ' s the doll that my sister loved most and wanted so much for Christmas.
) ~) p- Q; j# @# O& B* [『這是我妹妹的最愛，非常想要的聖誕節娃娃。

+ Z& ]7 L) _5 p. ~* `' Y- C# t& xShe was sure that Santa Claus would bring it to her. '
6 ^3 L' B: a. O4 ^- S$ X, W5 @她一直認為聖誕老人會帶娃娃來給她的。」
4 R& k) Z3 O. F$ E' S: BI replied to him that maybe Santa Claus would bring it to her after all, and not to worry.
* M) ]  _; V  f" q4 ?4 ^我告訴他不用擔心，聖誕老人最後可能會帶給她的。

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. '
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。』

- p( e4 T" _5 Z. W6 }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. ' '
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。』


8 ~2 P0 O& Z+ Z" ^/ c* e3 uMy 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. '
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。』

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 t0 D- D, C3 s" f% \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。』

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Then he looked again at the doll with sad eyes, very quietly.
然後他安靜地用哀傷的眼睛再看著娃娃。
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) L" ]2 r* u' \4 K& e5 gI 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.
% u8 w- X) ^. E9 D7 R) A『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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The 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!』

5 C4 x$ J) O3 Z% t+ ^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! ' '
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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% ?' U4 }1 t9 i" i8 P5 X'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。』
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'My mommy loves white roses. '
) [) K( O. M! k/ Y% ?『我媽媽喜歡白玫瑰』。
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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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2 a& M% _+ C4 X' S9 NI couldn ' t get the little boy out of my mind.
$ d2 Y( t- ]& v6 U( C; n' l小男孩一直無法離開我的心境。

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
( m/ p$ j2 X" M  _woman and a little girl.
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。

The little girl died right away, and the mother was left in a critical
state. The family had to decide whether to pull the plug on the
  o) t( X( P% D; ^life-sustaining machine, because the young woman would not be able to recover from the coma.
* i6 g) `4 ^, t# u- E1 }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?
6 J1 T5 J! i5 Q5 ?2 i他就是這家庭的小男孩？
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+ Z6 X( O' ?/ x, f/ Q8 ITwo days after this encounter with the little boy, I read in the news paper that the young woman had passed away.
碰到小男孩的二天之後，我看了報紙年輕少婦過世了。

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.
* C/ F1 f. j& v' L/ ?  v7 S9 E0 R) 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。

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.
, P1 d1 W- Z# w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。

% y1 `' y. _2 N3 H+ J4 kI 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.
$ o% X' ~) Q  ^1 \; v. O  h, o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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1 l/ J9 X. U7 b  `% ~/ I1 vAnd 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。

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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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