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I was walking around in a Target store, when I saw a Cashier hand this little boy some money back.
/ \: \3 c) G0 d& T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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. I% }7 J3 }1 I" b1 r8 n' ^! ^The boy couldn ' t have been more than 5 or 6 years old.9 }6 |3 R* j' b" h
! m0 g; I; G, T' M這男孩不過5、6歲。1 c! U5 J& `9 T* X7 H8 D& _
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The Cashier said, ' I ' m sorry, but you don ' t have enough money to buy this doll. '
7 \ B7 D' v, b收銀員說：『抱歉！你買這娃娃的錢不夠。』
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) p: N$ p3 V3 nThen the little boy turned to the old woman next to him: ' ' Granny,1 t1 w3 ^7 B* Q2 X; Y$ P) v
are you sure I don ' t have enough money? ' '
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「奶奶！妳也認為我的錢不 嗎？」
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The old lady replied: ' ' You know that you don ' t have enough money to buy this doll, my dear. ' '
" {4 J2 `- r1 o( V0 t老婦人回道：「親愛的！你知道買這個娃娃的錢是不夠的。」+ m/ C! c+ m0 A# x1 j7 W
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Then she asked him to stay there for just 5 minutes while she went to look around. She left quickly. ]" t# R# E( z2 e1 Q8 c5 A% a
她要小男孩呆在那裡5分鐘，她一下就回來。 她迅速離開了。" E7 y* p) k' {
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The little boy was still holding the doll in his hand.
& M1 ]# U! r4 T7 r8 ]* \& m: ]: d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.
1 g0 X M6 w$ { h8 r; B9 B最後我向他走去，問他這個娃娃你想給誰。
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9 `! L. G( f k$ } o# t2 A F'It ' s the doll that my sister loved most and wanted so much for Christmas.
; C& B+ k5 e4 {/ ^; A+ b& x* Z『這是我妹妹的最愛，非常想要的聖誕節娃娃。
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She was sure that Santa Claus would bring it to her. '
2 M8 S* z( k, t! a! ?2 I& }她一直認為聖誕老人會帶娃娃來給她的。」# @; R3 U& J2 V+ R
I replied to him that maybe Santa Claus would bring it to her after all, and not to worry.
$ v* m; K1 C- y3 Q+ H8 m我告訴他不用擔心，聖誕老人最後可能會帶給她的。7 J4 U& ?5 m# D* i* p) c
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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. '- F' V1 V+ R; t. A( z' m
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。』. B6 K2 D' _' c' T. 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. ' '
+ d* L' B5 W* ?/ o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 X' p% O9 M+ p我的心臟幾乎要停止了。
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- b$ S' z0 R3 B0 R& Q/ ~/ R- P' e/ d- ` cThe 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. '
4 B' K% w. T: Y6 c; h9 J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。』) o- s$ k- `9 m! A
$ i# k0 R+ ?. W. e+ b3 ]/ ~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. '
$ h% ]$ {; N# r& C7 `$ a: Z* g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. '
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- O+ J1 A+ I/ J3 [ j. J) SThen he looked again at the doll with sad eyes, very quietly.! a% r! Z, x: g, j9 ]" M4 L
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! ' '( j& x' g9 }: D: K/ e ^3 Y
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.5 \* s" {% u6 p4 }/ H
『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。; E' J+ T: Z \2 l3 ^, ^: X
) D" C, A) S8 O6 v3 I; uThe little boy said: ' Thank you God for giving me enough money! '' o- d5 O, x' k2 x \
小男孩說：『謝謝上帝給了我足 的錢!』
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1 A" ^6 V$ l/ |7 tThen 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/ t+ F3 a- W& c
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; B, T3 z) f'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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, h& z6 k$ f* o『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. '
" c. }9 K E& V3 Z4 V" T3 x『我媽媽喜歡白玫瑰』。
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c i% X) d0 c8 WA few minutes later, the old lady returned and I left with my basket.3 n) C Z# t) ?. d* o1 ^* X
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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. X1 a( m2 Z) I5 d, dI finished my shopping in a totally different state of mind from when I started.( b+ {! j4 z& h. z
我從一開始就在完全不同的心境下購物。
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I couldn ' t get the little boy out of my mind.
5 N& r- ]3 o6 n ~/ |4 g! S小男孩一直無法離開我的心境。7 t1 z* p& w# C2 A7 W
1 Y9 S6 a% d- h' @! X* 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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0 g! F k! q6 H, M3 ~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
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1 w3 E A' M5 A0 Plife-sustaining machine, because the young woman would not be able to recover from the coma.
: C! e: w M* u0 n+ ^: j* G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- D9 r! o" p6 p/ g
，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?& ^% E3 c! Y- a: j9 m
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.9 C2 C8 _0 u) E/ I' k6 {# i
碰到小男孩的二天之後，我看了報紙年輕少婦過世了。8 |. c# z+ H3 h
1 a# U0 t) ^/ W2 V- c; hI 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.
7 {. b, g/ ]5 C' U0 ?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。7 V' x& v1 |8 Z$ k' O
2 x+ _- t, ?$ W' M6 Z% hShe 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.
& q: L) V: g e2 Y& \1 |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。" |- Q5 G4 M% Q$ N' G; J7 ^
. C7 e( H% ^& ]6 d/ e2 ~/ [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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