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I was walking around in a Target store, when I saw a Cashier hand this little boy some money back. ?1 _1 S+ E6 Q
我在「塔杰」商店閒逛時,看到收銀員將一些錢退還給小男孩。5 W6 E/ q7 V# V& k6 P' R
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The boy couldn ' t have been more than 5 or 6 years old.
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: D1 y: H/ H' L2 u; h這男孩不過5、6歲。- g. U9 F! E' h) ]
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The Cashier said, ' I ' m sorry, but you don ' t have enough money to buy this doll. '
& g- L# z: @# Z+ ]: k收銀員說:『抱歉!你買這娃娃的錢不夠。』6 ^) @8 _! D% ?
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Then the little boy turned to the old woman next to him: ' ' Granny,
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% F8 ]/ S/ X" y4 n0 p" I+ U小男孩轉向他旁邊的老婦人:0 Y; l5 t& I7 J: `/ R: c1 q) a1 Z
. o1 R E0 } Q' Q5 q; D/ D0 Z& M「奶奶!妳也認為我的錢不 嗎?」2 _+ e' V& b8 V# B3 O
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The old lady replied: ' ' You know that you don ' t have enough money to buy this doll, my dear. ' '% f0 o' H4 ]# C1 u
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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Then she asked him to stay there for just 5 minutes while she went to look around. She left quickly.( K- Q2 Z' }1 O/ Q1 U5 h+ R6 b
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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: K3 S/ d0 H0 _+ s2 BThe little boy was still holding the doll in his hand.
6 @+ B7 b% J/ T8 b( _1 H小男孩的手仍然握著娃娃。7 M0 i/ B5 e3 b+ p8 }, y/ O
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Finally, I walked toward him and I asked him who he wished to give this doll to.
( M6 q' T) Q. Q' p0 R" ?最後我向他走去,問他這個娃娃你想給誰。 2 k) U0 I2 [" l; @
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'It ' s the doll that my sister loved most and wanted so much for Christmas.
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She was sure that Santa Claus would bring it to her. '
- W% _" _2 m; A) l2 U* S$ s- e她一直認為聖誕老人會帶娃娃來給她的。」
8 g5 o2 a3 a. ]1 U# DI replied to him that maybe Santa Claus would bring it to her after all, and not to worry.
: G# v4 C" f" I/ Z* }3 X J- E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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: c0 J3 A2 ]- ]9 }- n I! ZBut 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. '5 `8 @- M/ h8 h' W) p
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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" C1 F$ \& g9 d7 q- G( nHis 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. ' '
7 S2 a Q/ t, z( S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。』- }! R2 R# S: ?' q7 H- o% V5 O
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- ?9 {4 y& H5 G2 ZMy heart nearly stopped.4 X) P) R! W% ^6 ~
我的心臟幾乎要停止了。) j$ C. H6 g) T6 v
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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. '
" g2 y+ h) h9 C6 ]: T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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3 }: d5 ]5 i" UThen 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. '
) R1 ~# F @# L: E" }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. '( B# o* F7 r( V& q
『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。』' q' ~, v) f! c6 q
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* d3 D+ |8 G, x# KThen he looked again at the doll with sad eyes, very quietly.+ y' @9 W* [1 j9 O( n8 |
然後他安靜地用哀傷的眼睛再看著娃娃。
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; g- B5 S# @4 S# n" Y! M) {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! ' '* T, ?( R) E2 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! 』+ l$ |. N4 k+ P$ _# D6 v. `
- {# o& P) ] j- ~: b! m'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.
4 k3 Y6 q! p- L+ m『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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# k9 D3 U: c5 K# i( hThe little boy said: ' Thank you God for giving me enough money! '. X: H1 G8 |6 {1 @( u0 o
小男孩說:『謝謝上帝給了我足 的錢!』
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& J9 n* r7 f! U5 t: n) CThen 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! ' '
3 z9 Q+ j9 j) w# S7 P6 }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 v3 w2 }4 F% 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. ' '9 }# p/ H( `( x! B8 o i6 W
7 B7 s/ o4 T& I; J『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. '
2 j' |, \; `* v0 @4 w1 ?+ ^' o『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 O( U) O3 q" Q2 R
幾分鐘後,老婦人回來了。我也就提了購物籃離開了。* p# t% g4 k6 X' e# d/ C
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I finished my shopping in a totally different state of mind from when I started.+ L0 P k, S; }
我從一開始就在完全不同的心境下購物。
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& d* i% y9 Z' s# M8 f* K8 k, fI couldn ' t get the little boy out of my mind.
2 i- j% h. Q% M& a, c- Z, s; x1 U小男孩一直無法離開我的心境。+ m2 x0 ^, H2 x
, s7 f ?0 P xThen 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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' s$ B; T; T0 p+ ? _; [' ?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。
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The little girl died right away, and the mother was left in a critical n# C8 K) D+ B; d: _
state. The family had to decide whether to pull the plug on the. E1 Y& |" \. c. i$ |! b6 w
life-sustaining machine, because the young woman would not be able to recover from the coma.$ |7 Y% J' Z' C
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
3 j$ C; S3 {' A% T0 F2 ]+ g, F,因為年輕少婦不可能從昏迷中恢復。
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7 @- n+ y0 U4 V% NWas this the family of the little boy?
" i- u. J Y. {, ?, H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.- T$ v! H) \: C5 n1 m5 c% m' l
碰到小男孩的二天之後,我看了報紙年輕少婦過世了。& _! E6 L) X+ g; [
% u1 r- W5 _; N9 X: kI 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.
9 G0 J% W. C* t( _' g! n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.
J1 u& D- m0 b) |% t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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And in a fraction of a second, a drunk driver had taken all this away from him.
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