Kindergarten child donates money while giving up buying “Nintendo 3DS”

Source: Gadget Tsushin 

A Japanese young boy who might be kindergarten gave up buying "Nintendo 3DS" to donate ￥5,000 -about $62US- to the devastated area by the big, fierce earthquake and tsunami which happened on 11th of March in Japan. This heartwarming story was posted on "Twitter" and became a hot topic. ￥5,000 is big bucks not only for kindergarten children but elementary school kids.

This story was posted by a Twitter user who witnessed the situation. The kindergarten and his mother discussed in front of a collection box, then, the boy chose using the money for the donation instead of Nintendo 3Ds. The whole story, which was posted on “Twitter”, is as follows.

<The episode about the kindergarten kid, who donated>

The conversation between a boy looked like kindergarten child and his mother at a collection box

Mother: "Are you OK to use your saved money?

The boy: "I put it up for 3DS but the victims can build their houses with it."

Then he donated ￥5,000 from his Otoshidama – The traditional Japanese culture that Japanese kids get money from their relatives when a new year comes – envelope.

Mother: “You are admirable. The victims will get away from coldness with it.”

The boy cried and I, who was behind him, also cried.

Quoted from Twitter.