Heartwarming video captures girl's love for her brother

'Are you crying? Coz I am.'

After six-year-old Abby Stout saw how hard her older brother, Daniel, was working to earn enough money for a pet, she decided to pool her birthday money to surprise him with a gift that brings them both to tears.

LOS ANGELES, CA (Catholic Online) - When Abby received a pet hamster for her birthday, Daniel decided he wanted one as well. He worked hard to earn enough money for the animal, but Abby decided he had worked hard enough.

Their mother, Rachel, recorded Daniel's emotional response upon seeing his new hamster.

The video, which was posted on Monday to Rachel Stout's Facebook page, has received over 557,000 views and has been shared nearly 13,000 times.

"So ever since Abby got her hamster Daniel had been busting his butt doing extra chores and going above and beyond to earn money to buy himself one. We added up Abigail's birthday money and gift cards and she had $55 total," Rachel wrote.

"I asked her what she wanted to do with her money and she says, 'I want to surprise Daniel and buy him his hamster. He has been working soooo hard.' I asked her numerous times of [sic] she was sure that's what she wanted to do with her money and she never faltered. 

"Daniel went over to a friend's house to have a sleepover and we took Abby to pet smart [sic] where she asked for the exact hamster Daniel said he wanted, held it to make sure it was nice and excitedly told the woman all about how she was surprising her brother.

"We got it home, set it up and she couldn't wait for him to get home from his sleep over so he could be surprised and meet and name his hamster. This is the video of him meeting 'Cubby.'"

The video shows the Stout children coming home and Abby leading her brother to a room while Daniel says, "I don't understand what is happening."

When Abby leads him to the cage, Daniel begins to take quick short breaths then grabs his sister and they fall to the floor in a tight embrace.

"Are you crying? Coz I am," Abby says as she holds her weeping brother tighter.

She asks if he is happy crying and all Daniel can do is nod and cough. Abby's beautiful act of kindness and Daniel's innocent shock and appreciation of her gift serves as a lesson to us all.

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