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I was walking around in a Target store, when I saw a Cashier hand this little boy some money back.
8 S2 R5 Z- {. D( 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。6 E; P: m* _# _8 I) a$ V
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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. '+ A; ?; c1 I$ e# L' y' V# u
收銀員說：『抱歉！你買這娃娃的錢不夠。』
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3 p |# o4 O4 e! C, v1 z/ k0 x8 @Then the little boy turned to the old woman next to him: ' ' Granny,/ j3 U9 I2 `2 b
are you sure I don ' t have enough money? ' '
$ y: [$ q+ }- W2 v) B* r小男孩轉向他旁邊的老婦人：2 a# W: Q( I( }3 o3 E8 ^+ y$ j
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「奶奶！妳也認為我的錢不 嗎？」
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1 d% r. N/ q# u- a. i3 nThe old lady replied: ' ' You know that you don ' t have enough money to buy this doll, my dear. ' '8 J$ m. i2 v8 z2 \) s K2 H) c
老婦人回道：「親愛的！你知道買這個娃娃的錢是不夠的。」5 M. n/ U9 C+ t
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Then she asked him to stay there for just 5 minutes while she went to look around. She left quickly.7 x+ o; j2 Z2 r5 c! g
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.
3 m. D8 T6 p0 `/ O6 J9 T小男孩的手仍然握著娃娃。
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5 n5 r. p! p# p( N( u5 w8 YFinally, I walked toward him and I asked him who he wished to give this doll to.
$ k6 P2 C6 l( z; ]1 d4 Q; F$ Q最後我向他走去，問他這個娃娃你想給誰。 / x3 X/ \. l5 @5 ?
/ q& K9 f* {3 n% B1 U3 Q1 `, ^'It ' s the doll that my sister loved most and wanted so much for Christmas.
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% _3 R: y" z* d$ P; |2 oShe was sure that Santa Claus would bring it to her. '
: ]' Q1 a4 Q1 Y5 F9 M她一直認為聖誕老人會帶娃娃來給她的。」% s" r0 f; u. A @) z2 l
I replied to him that maybe Santa Claus would bring it to her after all, and not to worry.
8 U6 H) _) b7 @, e1 [我告訴他不用擔心，聖誕老人最後可能會帶給她的。/ y. @, J k: L$ [
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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. '$ `8 X0 d: v$ [7 i
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。』) A! k7 L/ d3 M! o3 N D9 R
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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. ' ' l8 k3 d* n3 S. F" G
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。』2 J) o: ~1 [5 o2 j
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% l6 v& s$ ~9 x3 f8 o0 TMy heart nearly stopped.
4 e) }7 S& K/ h% m5 B) U' T& [0 `我的心臟幾乎要停止了。, h: T) W( h: B' J( d. B
! r0 w$ }5 v$ O1 ^! B: \% ]- hThe 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. '
7 i1 e1 T* x( K W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。』" M$ h9 Z( m3 D2 @4 _6 X r
, ?/ }4 {3 r4 e/ V( ]6 r' yThen 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. '( g. |# I" W1 q1 @5 `# i! d
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. '$ i" q4 u" m( {0 M& I# ?
『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., l+ e) q, B; x% s8 Q6 w7 u8 `
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! ' '
6 p9 H. t6 S! g( y9 v4 [" a# c" n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! 』3 O: X7 I8 ]& w
- a# @" N0 X9 ?& {'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.7 U: O; l7 {; Z* ?9 B: c! w
『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! '5 U4 p+ W& q' \) I0 e3 z
小男孩說：『謝謝上帝給了我足 的錢!』* [5 J7 t# f2 m( ?: l1 B* \
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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! ' '! Y) D; T$ f+ b; G( [3 ?6 w
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! 』* A! T- n7 u. p# I i* `8 U. X
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'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. ' '' p2 S+ R8 h' y S, C( X$ ?3 Y8 t
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『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。』; I, Y, i" M( B
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'My mommy loves white roses. '
2 u# ~& x5 d$ H; 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.2 F4 ^) M! U/ a/ n3 b
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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& P' i2 Q& S8 V$ \4 X5 fI finished my shopping in a totally different state of mind from when I started.6 C% x9 P3 k+ ^( @8 m+ J; L
我從一開始就在完全不同的心境下購物。% [: W2 e9 `; C
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I couldn ' t get the little boy out of my mind." t5 x \: v! o9 X
小男孩一直無法離開我的心境。5 o" \* X$ J |* d% u7 q
1 h, W0 Y, m. aThen 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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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。7 p3 h, h X" t! G2 ^0 b" J
6 J# U# c5 W2 @5 Y8 SThe little girl died right away, and the mother was left in a critical: W' ~) i) O& M" N! n: p
state. The family had to decide whether to pull the plug on the8 _) H7 }% }! Q% W" K
life-sustaining machine, because the young woman would not be able to recover from the coma.5 G3 h8 _3 S( b! O% ]9 v0 T
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: K4 X3 n- J7 k- i* V: D3 U
，因為年輕少婦不可能從昏迷中恢復。; e+ v& F+ ^7 c. N1 ~
3 t) q' H7 P1 Y$ E# c' ^Was this the family of the little boy?
5 X) V7 M: A! q, j2 D+ p" Y他就是這家庭的小男孩？
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+ p; S- h8 U' X' M1 o( gTwo days after this encounter with the little boy, I read in the news paper that the young woman had passed away.
/ ^3 l m* q! v7 M* U( m8 B4 P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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- j8 T- K+ G7 G |- R9 S) GI 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.+ T# ^) Q# l8 n. |' s I
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.2 P* [ p2 K+ K p1 U' A0 O
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. [# ^" E% s3 D" S% X; c) p7 Q6 }
still, to this day, hard to imagine.
$ p5 A! A) E/ _. k4 Q' p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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% g# p% ^# M3 i* S8 SAnd in a fraction of a second, a drunk driver had taken all this away from him.+ X6 Z) n' H w; p; e. O( P2 T
就在一轉眼工夫，一位醉酒司機奪去了他的所有。 |
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