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I was walking around in a Target store, when I saw a Cashier hand this little boy some money back.
! E: F6 Z' w. f, C2 x7 y! {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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( I' n6 P z$ M3 k! Q: ]2 DThe boy couldn ' t have been more than 5 or 6 years old.
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! I; g' z) W. C; {這男孩不過5、6歲。1 W8 ^7 M( ^9 P& k3 ?& g
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. Q% F3 c3 r0 D7 eThe Cashier said, ' I ' m sorry, but you don ' t have enough money to buy this doll. '
4 M P( B' i; ]! P+ `收銀員說：『抱歉！你買這娃娃的錢不夠。』9 ]0 Q: q( G3 L/ \. u& D
' M2 V M+ i W+ E/ S# `: o$ F b* [Then the little boy turned to the old woman next to him: ' ' Granny,
" M. w( C5 i+ S# m0 oare you sure I don ' t have enough money? ' '( t7 u; k* u, x0 \/ e, V
小男孩轉向他旁邊的老婦人：1 F: s( h# H; ?( J o
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3 J* l. K( h: V& c B( {- fThe old lady replied: ' ' You know that you don ' t have enough money to buy this doll, my dear. ' '
) E q# @/ Y) D& |- @! L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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2 i1 g! ~ n( y; ?0 t n2 n( J% j% PThen she asked him to stay there for just 5 minutes while she went to look around. She left quickly.! A& E+ V$ _( R2 K1 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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5 N+ j0 G( T* Y4 }* t- j# KThe little boy was still holding the doll in his hand.
$ j0 @- o* p7 j0 B5 U小男孩的手仍然握著娃娃。
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Finally, I walked toward him and I asked him who he wished to give this doll to.) E' g# h/ J! S Z) I
最後我向他走去，問他這個娃娃你想給誰。 0 O3 t' P, u7 g" E0 d" X$ `+ N
) d5 I! ]( U# ?. A'It ' s the doll that my sister loved most and wanted so much for Christmas.( q/ }( J2 ]3 G$ R3 b7 W
『這是我妹妹的最愛，非常想要的聖誕節娃娃。
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' t# S& z k+ I* f+ g) K5 XShe was sure that Santa Claus would bring it to her. '. E) k0 x; B' ?/ r2 d% R
她一直認為聖誕老人會帶娃娃來給她的。」
6 {6 `( ?5 F3 r+ D4 ?* `I replied to him that maybe Santa Claus would bring it to her after all, and not to worry.+ A' |' w# V+ {4 G$ P1 c
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. '
' j9 `& o& W1 ^3 i6 \2 p2 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。』
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0 f# | y/ }- r* F; p& FHis 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. ' '# V% D2 I1 i8 ]
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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]7 W& R; N' IMy heart nearly stopped.! i% `, f- `; D$ t5 t
我的心臟幾乎要停止了。* k2 Z# L6 x! J! T% [
4 e; T* b X, }' S6 m2 a5 RThe 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. '8 L; E( D# S! e
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。』* N0 J2 G5 H# O
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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. '; P0 r3 n C2 f( \ s
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。』: M7 B" M& p$ z& q% d" E
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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. ', [$ X, q5 E! i% t2 A
『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* A) ?7 B5 B
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Then he looked again at the doll with sad eyes, very quietly.
7 i0 L& N E" S2 T# E然後他安靜地用哀傷的眼睛再看著娃娃。
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- J" y+ f' B9 J& C2 _' D1 WI 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! ' '
3 W' v: {! @( N( ?: f+ k- r% f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! 』: J' L+ E; L) f1 `3 M/ I0 t9 [# g
1 M+ w9 ^1 }1 p8 Z3 U'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.: [' ?; ]5 Y) p# O
『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。$ G& p& ?, T5 u7 f5 W2 H% d
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The little boy said: ' Thank you God for giving me enough money! '& |2 Q+ t+ O' }% Z
小男孩說：『謝謝上帝給了我足 的錢!』8 `, l1 k% T6 g) d h* P' P" {4 ~
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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! ' '
" H7 C3 X; ]6 s; ?- O# A I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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" m# p g2 `6 V$ w'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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$ ^1 K" N. c5 ]9 O『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。』+ j* c3 \7 U7 {
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'My mommy loves white roses. '# U; J8 L/ k, U
『我媽媽喜歡白玫瑰』。7 H: h* X( \2 e/ K4 A; B' D; h2 L
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A few minutes later, the old lady returned and I left with my basket.
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. Q- {0 }2 A' Y. Y( K: C+ xI finished my shopping in a totally different state of mind from when I started.
( O. G# F" e/ v# z/ ^' N我從一開始就在完全不同的心境下購物。; h7 U0 O2 Z, o. {+ @) Y3 L3 ^4 w
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I couldn ' t get the little boy out of my mind.: x6 l0 N2 {6 t. a4 u; J" D
小男孩一直無法離開我的心境。/ O5 y2 L5 b8 F. K* P
5 H* H1 e' N- K- s: ^ l1 B5 c( n& ~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 young7 E, t+ N4 V$ F8 A8 b. F6 o
woman and a little girl.
" k$ \. w s) O% X4 N }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 v) l4 T& I7 Y( t# S
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The little girl died right away, and the mother was left in a critical2 n, s1 e, y9 R: b" V
state. The family had to decide whether to pull the plug on the5 Z) v1 h4 Z3 n3 Y: x. T) N3 n
life-sustaining machine, because the young woman would not be able to recover from the coma.8 } y; \8 M: C1 N' k
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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1 T- o' g. q2 G7 N2 R2 Y: `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.
* M9 r6 I3 ~2 W0 c碰到小男孩的二天之後，我看了報紙年輕少婦過世了。# r7 }' m; B; y! q1 {
; o$ u2 l) [; C2 vI 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.% U" C% e+ n/ F% h; N! Z- p+ k
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.
7 T8 T: W& m2 @* \. K- g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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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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- y- l: q) i, Q6 o6 LAnd in a fraction of a second, a drunk driver had taken all this away from him.
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