WEST FARGO — A reunion on Tuesday night between a thankful West Fargo family and a middle schooler who saved Halloween for children in their neighborhood.

A Ring doorbell video captured the sweet moments, when the little girl approached the doorstep of their house after all of their candy had been stolen.

She fixed it, for all the trick-or-treaters who followed.

It was a regular Halloween for sixth-grader Abbie Cossette, going door to door in her preppy cowgirl costume collecting candy like the rest of the neighborhood kids.

But she saw two boys steal all the candy from a West Fargo home. That's when she went to the door and put nearly her entire bag of candy back into the bowl.

Her instinct, putting others first.

"Maybe, it's like, their last house, and then they could be really sad, because it'd be a fail, then they get no other pieces of candy and then they wouldn't get a lot of candy," Abbie said.

A small act of kindness for an 11 year old, with a much bigger message.

"Kindness can make a difference," Abbie said.

That kindness was recognized by the homeowner who wanted to make sure Abbie knew how much her generosity was appreciated.

"I didn't expect anybody to even like, recognize I did something," Abbie says. "All that mattered was that somebody else was happy and that I felt good about it."

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The homeowner surprised her with a token of appreciation, a $50 gift card to her favorite store, Scheels.

Abbie's has always lived by the Golden Rule, she says she doesn't do nice things for the recognition, but just because it's the right thing to do.

For Abbie's mom, she says this wasn't Abbie's first act of Halloween generosity — filling empty candy bowls.

When Abbie returned home with an empty bag, her mother was proud, but not shocked.

"She's just always very much so been that kind of a kid, even when she was very little. She just always is looking out for other people and just a very kind, compassionate kid in general," Beth Cossette said.

Abbie is a sixth-grader at Sacred Heart, where she participates in band, theater and cheerleading.