My mother is 92. Unless I have to be out of town, each week I take my mother to do her shopping and visit the doctor, providing company and transportation. During the week, however, she likes to go to a nearby store to buy some small things she needs.

我母亲 92 岁了。除非我必须出城，否则每周我都会带我母亲去购物和看医生，此间提供陪伴和交通上的帮助。然而，在工作日，她喜欢（自己）去附近的商店买一些她需要的小东西。

Last week she walked up to the store, but when she went to pay for her groceries, she was short about three dollars. The only way to pay for the groceries was to take off the things she could do without: a bottle of rubbing alcohol (医用酒精) and a bar off soup. By taking off these, she was able to bring the new total to the amount of cash she had with her.

上周她走到商店（买东西），但当她去结账时，她缺了大约 3 美元。想完成结账的唯一办法就是拿掉不买也行的东西：一瓶医用酒精和a bar off soup（疑似a bar of soap，下文有soap）。通过取下这些，她能够将新的总金额，降到她所带的现金数量。

At this store, people check out and then go off to the side to bag heir own groceries. My mother was putting her groceries into shopping bags when a stranger came up to her and said, “Here are the things that you put back,” handing her the rubbing alcohol and the soap. My mother, who is never speechless, was speechless. She asked for the woman’s name and address so that she could repay her. The woman told her it was her gift.

在这家商店，人们结账后，会到一边去打包他们自己的杂货。我母亲把她的杂货放进购物袋时，一个陌生人走过来对她说：“这是你放回去的东西” ，同时把外用酒精和肥皂递给了她。我母亲，从未哑口无言过，此时竟无言以对。她向那个女人询问名字和地址，以便能偿还。女人告诉妈妈，这是她的礼物。

My mother was so touched by her gesture that she decided to go back to the store and give the cashier（收银员）a five-dollar bill to keep on hand in case the same happened to someone else if they didn’t have enough money for all of their groceries.

母亲被她的举止感动了，决定回店里给收银员一张五块钱的钞票留着，以防别人没有足够的钱支付他们想买的杂货时，陷入同样窘况。

So, whoever you are, thank you for the random act of kindness that not only helped my mother out, but made her day too.

所以，不管你是谁，感谢你的随意善举，这不仅帮了我母亲，也让她感到高兴。