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I was walking around in a Target store, when I saw a Cashier hand this little boy some money back./ ~# Y3 Y3 Y! o 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。/ ?1 v* U8 f( ]# P& p: h
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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。* S& v( K0 i) Y6 G9 ] R9 R
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The Cashier said, ' I ' m sorry, but you don ' t have enough money to buy this doll. '
8 K9 z$ z+ v# \收銀員說:『抱歉!你買這娃娃的錢不夠。』
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Then the little boy turned to the old woman next to him: ' ' Granny,% q) C0 U9 u+ A, V) p; G
are you sure I don ' t have enough money? ' '
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「奶奶!妳也認為我的錢不 嗎?」2 u+ ]0 s' r& ?% y
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The old lady replied: ' ' You know that you don ' t have enough money to buy this doll, my dear. ' '
0 B1 }1 T9 S; i5 f5 a; k1 d老婦人回道:「親愛的!你知道買這個娃娃的錢是不夠的。」* D O2 D7 ~/ B4 j4 {' G
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( P+ `- w; t0 v7 S8 n. T% `! Z jThen she asked him to stay there for just 5 minutes while she went to look around. She left quickly.$ p' @ o! {, ^" Z6 o: V6 r
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.5 E, I$ T Z- s- S
小男孩的手仍然握著娃娃。* ~) S/ [% H1 L+ t& n
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3 ^% l' h1 Q% t) |* S' j9 D! mFinally, I walked toward him and I asked him who he wished to give this doll to.
b1 D g/ G6 S( l最後我向他走去,問他這個娃娃你想給誰。 , s, o2 L0 }, g
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'It ' s the doll that my sister loved most and wanted so much for Christmas.
: N l( O$ N" B9 d『這是我妹妹的最愛,非常想要的聖誕節娃娃。
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# M% l( N7 R; B# @2 z! YShe was sure that Santa Claus would bring it to her. '
7 I' z D. ?" i2 V9 r$ |她一直認為聖誕老人會帶娃娃來給她的。」
8 G a5 k6 a1 G2 s6 t; ?I replied to him that maybe Santa Claus would bring it to her after all, and not to worry.6 }3 t8 Q3 `3 h: i m# r* R
我告訴他不用擔心,聖誕老人最後可能會帶給她的。1 V' y+ a7 p8 d' ]
% `2 e8 [7 H: I' oBut 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. '
$ Y' G- T0 z$ w8 _. j* b# H6 a8 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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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. ' '
# s( R1 V6 G: r0 ~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.2 o8 s& F. @; D2 m7 D7 x9 a& ~
我的心臟幾乎要停止了。! [2 K) j1 J' H
. }1 ~* o$ [+ j' \; W' [% |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. '
6 N o$ h5 {0 [# K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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4 p2 C1 E% W% k, d8 |+ k- ^" `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. '" d. U. [+ S+ |4 ^* b
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. '/ ^( j+ F0 ~2 E! o! r# k
『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。』, p7 Y6 ?" ~" a8 ]6 Q( V1 ?4 E
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5 ]; r& r- y$ \; uThen he looked again at the doll with sad eyes, very quietly.5 ]+ w% m& \1 E
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! ' '$ c* x* Q" \% R u9 o" @- h
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.
9 `1 g7 c% G# d: N. K; G+ N1 j『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。7 |6 }0 p" z' b- x; H* l7 C7 t
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The little boy said: ' Thank you God for giving me enough money! '% j2 K" Y) y) F J6 p4 V
小男孩說:『謝謝上帝給了我足 的錢!』7 Q+ b5 ?: L/ K6 ?# `! q4 }
) y0 L- j0 M/ ~! bThen 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! ' '& w7 f, ~0 R+ M# A, \1 o
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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" [- y/ K; V9 x2 a'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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5 m1 A0 Q& z( L4 ]! u4 A『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. '
; A. j8 O! ]6 z1 z『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.
5 w" U. w( N4 h& s0 \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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, [' W& L8 T$ ?I finished my shopping in a totally different state of mind from when I started.( s8 B1 X# j! G+ O7 ~+ v: v
我從一開始就在完全不同的心境下購物。9 r6 ]0 m+ y! ?0 j- B q! v+ G
- `8 Q5 u# x/ I+ ]2 Z+ j8 G5 ?% dI couldn ' t get the little boy out of my mind.
% E$ l$ Y( c4 z8 X ^0 i6 u" K小男孩一直無法離開我的心境。9 H! X& G$ L# N. q
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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
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: G6 n- ~8 r! b2 K6 U+ p: `) V& L% b( x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。* Y R/ l0 K7 {; K5 P+ X
8 D# E9 i8 p9 q8 J$ [The little girl died right away, and the mother was left in a critical
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life-sustaining machine, because the young woman would not be able to recover from the coma.+ c% l7 V ?3 v5 Z- W( F1 i
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4 i0 w8 S2 |! P: B$ W
,因為年輕少婦不可能從昏迷中恢復。
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Was this the family of the little boy?
: k5 I# H$ W# V- P2 [- {他就是這家庭的小男孩?
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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./ U$ `' [& ?/ {0 C
碰到小男孩的二天之後,我看了報紙年輕少婦過世了。
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- O6 G) G6 Y/ H8 ]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.5 X! M; n' _2 d$ S
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。: I: h/ `; R& W3 Y
% ~+ E$ C+ c4 B1 uShe 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.
0 ?+ F& ]( R& E' }: F; d4 p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。; |' Y% c0 K. _7 E9 _
4 ^+ ^- H" u% h, j S- fI 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
, E; ?; F" v* X6 ystill, to this day, hard to imagine.
4 h I( z5 {! [( T3 A# 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。 l. g2 z3 S6 F& G+ E7 U9 `
5 G% `7 i# U$ @: pAnd in a fraction of a second, a drunk driver had taken all this away from him.0 V: A; G' l \. O; L3 j
就在一轉眼工夫,一位醉酒司機奪去了他的所有。 |
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