Rhys Taylor, 12, treated his mum to an iced coffee before turning his attentions to a shopper in need. Get the latest top news stories sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter We have more newsletters Get the latest top news stories sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter We have more newsletters A schoolboy's heartwarming gesture left supermarket staff and customers in tears, with people saying his "kindness will never be forgotten". Rhys Taylor, 12, had been squirrelling away his pennies for a new pair of football boots but decided to treat himself to a T-shirt instead one day last May.
He found himself with some spare change and decided to treat his mum, Katie Doughty, to an iced coffee from their local Asda. The touched mother knew from this that her son was "in a loving mood". But what she had not realised, however, was that while at the supermarket in Wirral, Merseyside, Rhys had also secretly paid for a stranger's groceries, explaining he wanted to "help the world", the Liverpool ECHO reports.
Speaking about her son's selfless act, Katie said: "He thought he was going to get in trouble so told me the man was struggling to pay for his shopping. He didn't want to tell me at first in case I said he was giving money away but when I found out I told him it was such a lovely thing to do." "He bought a sausage roll for a homeless guy as well and came home with a surprise for me, he'd printed off a picture of me and him.
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