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I was walking around in a Target store, when I saw a Cashier hand this little boy some money back.
" I" W5 G ?( A4 O S5 A我在「塔杰」商店閒逛時,看到收銀員將一些錢退還給小男孩。- f+ Y2 f4 K2 q" `8 `6 V
8 R/ P6 z8 |; p- ]The boy couldn ' t have been more than 5 or 6 years old.
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6 a0 T, w8 o$ C; i6 ~+ _這男孩不過5、6歲。5 G0 A E; } v3 I( M, U! [8 d
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The Cashier said, ' I ' m sorry, but you don ' t have enough money to buy this doll. '
6 f9 F# h0 `8 v) F收銀員說:『抱歉!你買這娃娃的錢不夠。』. k% Q- j7 d! [: N7 F' ~
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Then the little boy turned to the old woman next to him: ' ' Granny,
- h4 V7 \2 x8 k6 aare you sure I don ' t have enough money? ' '8 N4 @/ @& C) f4 c7 ^
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?」
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4 J3 Q, `6 A) x7 Z; U) W o; jThe old lady replied: ' ' You know that you don ' t have enough money to buy this doll, my dear. ' '
4 }3 ^- {/ g0 J4 d' k# i% B. K% c: s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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9 Z4 Q* t+ u& U0 O3 ?. S3 ~Then she asked him to stay there for just 5 minutes while she went to look around. She left quickly.7 e( U) |" S! ^$ W: ^0 W1 y) d
她要小男孩呆在那裡5分鐘,她一下就回來。 她迅速離開了。' d( y, e, }* e& K; _6 l
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The little boy was still holding the doll in his hand.7 |: I: @. b" T) k+ K' ?
小男孩的手仍然握著娃娃。
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- o {5 K# ~1 `- PFinally, I walked toward him and I asked him who he wished to give this doll to.9 E% h7 s p3 [) b b* ^
最後我向他走去,問他這個娃娃你想給誰。 / R3 T# E3 M9 i/ }. O8 l) g2 L5 D! j
3 d& I' d$ L. J9 W3 _'It ' s the doll that my sister loved most and wanted so much for Christmas.% u+ E7 r- F1 |; r( O, G# f- h
『這是我妹妹的最愛,非常想要的聖誕節娃娃。
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3 k7 _. ]' D0 r6 }/ ^; W8 x4 ~She was sure that Santa Claus would bring it to her. '
& G3 C* E+ t; `! E" i {她一直認為聖誕老人會帶娃娃來給她的。」
& I3 U( I5 Z Q& t" cI replied to him that maybe Santa Claus would bring it to her after all, and not to worry.
9 B7 [( l( ^+ g% P我告訴他不用擔心,聖誕老人最後可能會帶給她的。9 m" A: G) `4 f' k4 b
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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. '
) l, l& R! T( T; A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. ' '
* a6 P2 g2 f2 O, ]5 j1 |* Z& ]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。』% {" ?6 e5 N/ S8 j; N, W& h
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My heart nearly stopped.
$ [) W/ ~4 d( Y; D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. '
% M3 L" x/ W/ b" }" C$ c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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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. '
1 p1 S! i8 ~, Z4 S; i0 t: k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。』& f# U/ W M$ k' H+ ?. Y
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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. '0 s( W+ o1 i5 c) _$ a6 W* M
『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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' q0 i2 P' T- t8 V+ x9 |Then he looked again at the doll with sad eyes, very quietly.
/ B { x+ O4 V+ V8 [然後他安靜地用哀傷的眼睛再看著娃娃。; P+ f+ D/ y+ C$ S
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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! ' '$ Y) j" Y- Y5 k1 t
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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$ W3 s3 Q9 [$ ~5 y3 Q( ?0 _9 O'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.
0 x t$ x' V- L! I$ D9 G; 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。
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The little boy said: ' Thank you God for giving me enough money! '
- K0 `# _1 b8 t& q小男孩說:『謝謝上帝給了我足 的錢!』0 [3 u$ E! [2 X
2 S" `+ l! u, ]9 Z" b, O1 T: [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! ' ') r+ r; {2 E, v1 E1 f
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! 』( T1 f: [, [' k1 q7 l4 S
* ?5 h3 [- {/ @'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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* `' I; K. K. P/ D0 t( o3 Q『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。』, u0 Y2 d4 _( W+ m) }
) W/ M4 y& s! ]6 Q'My mommy loves white roses. '1 q `/ c- E! D3 d6 `) 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.
' e, q3 K: m: M9 t' E$ D# W/ @幾分鐘後,老婦人回來了。我也就提了購物籃離開了。' h9 ~2 G+ B& d
+ `% T* ]* m U$ fI finished my shopping in a totally different state of mind from when I started.
& F$ a. ]. V* j- C$ ~( j; u* Y! j我從一開始就在完全不同的心境下購物。1 F; g$ J! v0 @7 P$ |
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I couldn ' t get the little boy out of my mind.
) [9 r6 M! q& o$ r9 S小男孩一直無法離開我的心境。9 q$ l; I( _. f+ Q$ D3 a
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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
6 L4 L4 e6 i. m- n7 Y9 v" Fwoman and a little girl.; d$ E3 ^0 \7 B
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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* {& Y( S8 y, nThe little girl died right away, and the mother was left in a critical
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5 I) L. A7 l' q& H0 ]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 R7 ^* `% x, z' p$ y! E
,因為年輕少婦不可能從昏迷中恢復。( V5 {: t/ k# B' z
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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.
1 v) m- |4 d9 u) M* v) X1 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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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." c+ C/ |# G2 ?3 ^( e6 X
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.0 C; r# ^. R2 O2 X
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。. e j0 F4 Y7 p5 k6 f( t: C
5 W5 W2 ^3 G% a$ [* D" YI 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
# y' i+ R7 |1 I% e* h+ p* |still, to this day, hard to imagine.2 X% Z, z( @$ e' O. }
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。$ u7 d' K! g( B* j% G+ W
: a% r. L$ i! Z( e* b1 x( Q6 fAnd in a fraction of a second, a drunk driver had taken all this away from him.9 w( n7 z2 p4 o) y! A" |
就在一轉眼工夫,一位醉酒司機奪去了他的所有。 |
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