Little LAD Leaves Heartbreaking Note On Asda Cuddly Toy

A little LAD left a heartbreaking note in Asda after his mum said she couldn't buy a cuddly toy for him until payday.

Schoolboy Leon Ashworth saw the toy while he was out shopping with his 38-year-old mum.

He cuddled the cute toy as they walked around the store, but his mum told him to put it back as she didn't have the money to treat him, the Liverpool Echo reports.

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Determined not to say goodbye to his new friend Pandy, he found a cardboard box and scribbled a message to other shoppers on the side.

He wrote: "My mum didn't have enough money to buy me Pandy so she's buying me Pandy on 15th June so please don't buy him as it will make me sad and I will cry, thank you so much from hopeful future owner."

Staff at the store discovered the note and were so moved by Leon's message, they bought the toy themselves. They then put a message on Facebook to track the youngster down.

His mum Debbie, who works in intensive care, spotted the Facebook post and arranged to swing by and pick it up.

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She said: "I didn't click on the story at first, and then I realised that it was the same panda that Leon had wanted and left in the shop.

"He kept cuddling it and carried it round the shop, but at the time I just couldn't afford it. There were only two left in the store, so I thought that I could buy one for him online if needs be.

"I told him to put it back and hope that no one bought it, but I didn't know that he had left a message with it until he told me as we left.

"I couldn't believe what the staff had done. When I told Leon, he was in tears. I am absolutely over the moon."

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Staff at the store presented a beaming Leon with his new toy, and now Pandy is all set in his new home.

Mum-of-three Debbie said: "It's been a rough year for Leon but you have given him something to smile about.

"When we left the shop with Pandy, Leon turned to me and said that it was the best day of his life."

Well, ain't that swell?

Featured Image Credit: Trinity Mirror/Liverpool Echo

Topics: Asda, Child

James Dawson

James Dawson is a Journalist at LADbible. He has contributed articles to LADbible’s ‘Knowing Me, Knowing EU’ series on the EU referendum, the 'Electoral Dysfunction' series on the 2017 general election, the ‘U OK M8?’ series tackling mental health amongst young men, and for its ‘Climate Change’ initiative in partnership with National Geographic.

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