, Ashley Steers felt a little hungry when he passed Brunswick Street in downtown Melbourne last Sunday. He saw a three-dollar roast sausage in the market.
He bought five in succession. After eating, he went back to the stall and bought the sixth one.
"you've donated enough," Johanna Hayes joked as he wrapped his sausage in bread.
As a mother, Hayes opened the roast sausage stall to raise money for his 11-year-old son, Dylan, who suffers from muscular dystrophy, to buy a new wheelchair.
Facing his sixth sausage, Mr Streets offered a payment slightly higher than the three-yuan asking price.
"I saw him waving in front of me with an envelope," Ms Hayes told 3AW radio.
"then he said,'I'd like to buy a bigger sausage.'"
Ms. Hayes, who took the envelope, found a thick stack of A $50 notes in 60 pieces.
$3,000!
Ms. Hayes said, "I'm completely freaked out."
In fact, it was a group of friends of Mr. Streets and Ms. Hayes who collected the money over the past week.
They knew that Ms Hayes would not accept their favours directly because of face. So he came up with the idea of paying for the money at the roast sausage stand.
In the end, Mr. Streets paid Ms. Hayes $3, 000 for the last sausage he bought.
Ms. Hayes said: "they are a group of good friends I've known since I was a child. They pooled up the money in a week. They want to help my children get back into society. "
According to Mr. Streets, these friends met each other years ago through a fast-food restaurant.
"they used to be McDonald's employees a long time ago. And I met them about 20 years ago. "
"We are all old friends. We've known this kid since Dylan was born. "
"Johanna is not the kind of person to ask a friend for help. But we think if we hide the money in an envelope, she might accept it. "
"it feels so good. I'm a little embarrassed. This is my sixth sausage, each with cheese and onions. But I'm not full yet. "
"when I got to the fifth one, I watched the market close."
"so I ordered the last one and handed her the envelope. She looked a little unbearable. "
"this is a special moment."
Ms. Hayes's son, Dylan Marguccio, suffers from Duchenne muscular dystrophy (Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy), the most severe form of muscular dystrophy, mainly in young boys.
All muscles of the patient will gradually become incapacitated and will eventually have to rely permanently on electric wheelchairs.
