The story goes that some time ago, a man punished his 3-year-old daughter for wasting a roll of gold wrapping paper. Money was tight and he became infuriate when the child tried to decorate a box to put under the Christmas tree. Nevertheless, the little girl brought the gift to her father the next morning and said, "This is for you, Daddy."
這個故事發生在很早以前.三歲的女兒浪費了一卷金色的包裝紙,父親懲罰了她.當時家裡生活很拮据,所以看到女兒用金色包裝紙裝飾盒子,並把它放在聖誕樹下時,父親非常生氣.第二天早上,小姑娘把聖誕禮物送給父親,說道："爸爸,這是送給您的."
The man was embarrassed by his earlier overreaction, but his anger flared again when he found out the box was empty. He yelled at her, stating, "Don't you know, when you give someone a present, there is supposed to be something inside?" The little girl looked up at him with tears in her eyes and cried, "Oh, Daddy, it's not empty at all. I blew kisses into the box. They're all for you, Daddy."
父親為自己先前的大動肝火而懊悔不已,但當他打開盒子發現裡面什麼也沒有時,又生氣了.他對小姑娘大聲嚷道："難道你不知道送別人禮物時,裡面應該放東西嗎?"小姑娘抬頭望著父親,眼中噙滿了淚水,她哭著說："爸爸,這個盒子不是空的.我吹了許多吻放在裡面,這些吻都是送給您的,爸爸."
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The father was crushed. He put his arms around his little girl, and he begged for her forgiveness.
父親頓時羞愧難當,他張開雙臂擁抱著女兒,乞求女兒原諒他.
Only a short time later, an accident took the life of the child. It is also told that her father kept that gold box by his bed for many years and, whenever he was discouraged, he would take out an imaginary kiss and remember the love of the child who had put it there.
不久,小姑娘死於一場事故.此後許多年,她的父親一直把這個金色的盒子放在床頭,每當他感到絕望時,就拿出那個裝滿了吻的盒子,想想女兒曾經給予他的愛.
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In a very real sense, each one of us, as humans beings, have been given a gold container filled with unconditional love and kisses...from our children, family members, friends, and God. There is simply no other possession, anyone could hold, more precious than this.
其實,我們每個人都有個金色的盒子,裡面裝滿了無私的愛和吻,這些吻來自我們的孩子、家人、朋友和上帝.人人都有這樣的盒子,但不一定人人都懂得如何珍惜它.
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