article_snippet: A kind-hearted 12-year-old boy turned down a £20 reward for returning a lost mobile phone and instead told the owner to do 'something nice for someone else'.
article_snippet: It is more sentimental and personal than anything else. '
article_snippet: It was the only bit of paper I had in my handbag.
article_snippet: It was the back of an envelope. '
article_snippet: I told a lady I was coming back through Selly Oak
article_snippet: and I would leave the phone there for a lady. '
article_snippet: a lady was very grateful and said for me to leave a note with my address on and a lady would send me £20 as a thank you. '
article_snippet: But I decided to leave a note asking for a lady to do something nice instead as I thought it was the right thing to do. '
article_snippet: My dad always says 'what goes around comes around' and if I lost my phone I would like to think someone would do the same to My dad. '
article_snippet: I didn't think it was a particularly extraordinary thing to do.