A kind-hearted schoolboy who wrote a poem to cheer his teacher up after her beloved dog died has warmed viewers hearts after reading his work out live on TV.
Callum Ferguson, nine, from Glasgow penned UK primary school teacher Gemma Dunne the acrostic poem using the name of her dog Charlie and appeared on ITV's This Morning with his fellow classmates, teacher and proud father.
The year five pupil, who attends St Michael's Primary in Glasgow, said that it had taken him an entire day to write the poem for Mrs Dunne who had been feeling sad when she returned to work after her pup Charlie was put down, reported The Daily Mail.
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He read: "I am sorry about your dog. I want to say that your dog was cheeky, happy, adorable, relative, lucky, incredible and energetic.