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I was walking around in a Target store, when I saw a Cashier hand this little boy some money back.
' u& W1 g" B; j2 S* c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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The boy couldn ' t have been more than 5 or 6 years old.7 O4 X) m# f. P8 H1 ?+ C& e# `" `. X
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這男孩不過5、6歲。& x* ]7 O5 t( `
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1 c- t$ l" |: kThe Cashier said, ' I ' m sorry, but you don ' t have enough money to buy this doll. '0 r* d7 ^; F# S3 b( {/ w$ D
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,
1 ^2 W$ H! P0 r" Uare you sure I don ' t have enough money? ' '
. j) d" j+ j# ?5 g- U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?」. f% T3 C( ^# r3 N/ `3 N
8 i9 @& G" V9 g7 s2 X8 b! OThe old lady replied: ' ' You know that you don ' t have enough money to buy this doll, my dear. ' '
% m# X {. J: A3 v! A- _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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* ?& d" c% [) nThen she asked him to stay there for just 5 minutes while she went to look around. She left quickly.: e% G! D) H( G) d9 }) n7 _( w
她要小男孩呆在那裡5分鐘,她一下就回來。 她迅速離開了。6 h& T5 K: P2 Z u# R" Q5 J
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The little boy was still holding the doll in his hand.
9 V1 Z3 p& v3 A! k& @8 i" t+ r, |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.0 d8 L8 ~4 }' p% D" f; h+ k
最後我向他走去,問他這個娃娃你想給誰。 ) I6 o h2 E/ L; d' E
8 a: m* H2 o. A8 R'It ' s the doll that my sister loved most and wanted so much for Christmas.) N- G' ?' t0 U k1 r( G
『這是我妹妹的最愛,非常想要的聖誕節娃娃。3 v0 _! k5 W, Z& l& u9 r, ?
: b; J* y0 t- E CShe was sure that Santa Claus would bring it to her. '
4 Y% d, ]* s6 K4 F' H, m3 h5 ?她一直認為聖誕老人會帶娃娃來給她的。」& y7 l8 g, Q P
I replied to him that maybe Santa Claus would bring it to her after all, and not to worry.3 T o% {$ G4 C* ?
我告訴他不用擔心,聖誕老人最後可能會帶給她的。* u) ?9 V& p+ g$ z& _
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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. '7 j+ Y0 l; x# }( Z
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。』) k0 i% l& V" e8 n$ A
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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. ' '
3 j C2 b1 B4 c+ _# K/ F& I# F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。』/ |0 ~7 O% B5 }$ }5 U; ?& [" [
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?1 \2 v1 E; S% o1 p6 R3 oMy heart nearly stopped." y/ ? X3 }7 Y9 v$ f5 ~
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. '
' ? W+ W9 i, W$ P, S8 L9 [, d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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" U9 b/ p$ S+ W% N- VThen 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. '2 e/ D7 G" \0 ?% y/ f, L/ H1 X
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。』8 { M8 a6 _1 O0 U; k2 @1 @: g* w
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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. '/ @" a4 P+ [5 q; [& E8 r6 t
『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。』$ k: Z- u& g+ F; B, R ?
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Then he looked again at the doll with sad eyes, very quietly.1 S* h: [6 X/ E7 j8 v% q
然後他安靜地用哀傷的眼睛再看著娃娃。- ?8 \& ]- C' D1 y3 C, w
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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! ' '3 w9 x) b }1 \( D
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! 』+ u" H* ?( }5 w0 d" L) x
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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 n0 ^! N( g1 U" O/ E ?# D『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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% `- M1 X- A) n2 f0 t* GThe little boy said: ' Thank you God for giving me enough money! '
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7 J E' q# P" y# [1 gThen 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! ' '
. r3 C+ O( v0 D5 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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0 j2 u" O2 e! ?3 h. h8 Y9 n2 P v'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. ' '# R s$ I: Q/ z/ X
/ ]& ?. ^) U' w! c$ p: K『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. '
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A few minutes later, the old lady returned and I left with my basket.& r- |* {1 X: C+ p1 a6 R
幾分鐘後,老婦人回來了。我也就提了購物籃離開了。& e; b* k# {! E4 A3 n* ?- m4 s4 H
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I finished my shopping in a totally different state of mind from when I started.
# q& t# o6 A# Y, S% ^我從一開始就在完全不同的心境下購物。7 y6 Z. T$ h8 m9 t* Y
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I couldn ' t get the little boy out of my mind.
( A; g: {/ y$ `5 C: e$ c小男孩一直無法離開我的心境。
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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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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。. N/ ^8 {' U, q' `7 m {1 r% S- |
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The little girl died right away, and the mother was left in a critical
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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7 C: k- V# z+ O4 y$ W2 U
,因為年輕少婦不可能從昏迷中恢復。7 K! W, W$ W0 d" i! |
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Was this the family of the little boy?
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5 j6 U& N9 G: q$ [5 t( O2 LTwo days after this encounter with the little boy, I read in the news paper that the young woman had passed away.# ^& q5 d7 V. J; w) `4 H
碰到小男孩的二天之後,我看了報紙年輕少婦過世了。- b- W7 [2 C6 J! S
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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.
* @4 y* A7 _7 h8 K) f% x* p' u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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. `" `+ ]4 P4 H3 DShe 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 j. Y/ `- s0 y
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。- y8 T9 _* r) [1 n' D, h r
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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。. Q. @3 \8 b# _* L0 D) k
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And in a fraction of a second, a drunk driver had taken all this away from him.* s* P9 o: t3 z8 G) K
就在一轉眼工夫,一位醉酒司機奪去了他的所有。 |
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