A little boy’s kind gesture left a young mum “tearing up” in a restaurant.
Sophie Crehan was visiting the Lymewood Farm restaurant in Haydock with her two children, George, five, and Florence, two, on Sunday afternoon, September 19.
The 24-year-old, from St Helens, told the Echo she’d taken her family out for a roast dinner as a weekend treat when she decided to try and win her daughter a small stuffed toy.
After trying to use the claw machine to grab the teddy, she was unable to get the pink and purple toy.
She said: "They have a little children's play area in there. I was on the grabbing machines and I was trying to win my little girl this pink and purple teddy that she really wanted.
"I had a go three times but failed - I just couldn't do it.
"There was a little boy stood next to me watching me do it. I said 'it's your turn now, you can have a go'.
"I came back to the table to eat my dinner and shortly after the little boy came over and said 'I've just won it for your little girl'.
"I said 'you don't need to do that' and he said 'no no, I've won it'.
"I was nearly in tears, it was such a nice thing to do."
The boy, who Sophie said was around 10 years old, presented her daughter, Florence, with the cute purple and pink cuddly toy.
Sophie said: "She was saying, 'thank you, thank you!'
"I saw him go back to his table where he was sat. I took £2 out of my purse and went and give it to him and said 'thanks very much'.
"His parents were like, 'what's happened?' So I explained what had happened and said 'he's a lovely little boy'.
"My little girl is only two and she really wanted it. And if she didn't get something all hell would have broke loose.
"She even took it to bed with her last night to cuddle it."
After Sophie posted about the act of kindness on a St Helen's Facebook group, it received over a thousand likes with many people commenting on the boy's sweet gesture.
A woman posted: "How kind of this little boy to do this. So cute and caring of him, well done to boy and bet your little girl was so made up too xx".
Another woman said: "What a lovely thing to do...well done young man...a son to be proud of."
While another person posted: "What a beautiful gesture, you are a wonderful, loving boy, that is a very kind thing to do xx".
Posting a photo of the cuddly toy to the group, Sophie said: "Hopefully his parents will see this and be proud of this young boy, he was so polite and made my daughters day so THANKYOU very much you have a wonderful son."
