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Nice story

 

 

> > >> > >>> His name was Fleming, and he was a poor Scottish

> > >> > >>> farmer. One day, while trying to make a living for his family,

> > >> > >>> he heard a cry for help coming from a nearby bog. He dropped

>his

>

> > >> > >>> tools and ran to the bog. There, mired to his waist in black

>muck,

> > >> > >>> was a terrified boy, screaming and struggling to free himself.

> > >> > >>> Farmer Fleming saved the lad from what could have been a slow

>and

> > >> > >>> terrifying death.

> > >> > >>>

> > >> > >>> The next day, a fancy carriage pulled up to the Scotsman's

>sparse

> > >> > >>> surroundings. An elegantly dressed nobleman stepped out and

> > introduced

> > >> > >>> himself as the father of the boy Farmer Fleming had saved. " I

>want

> > to

> > >> > >>> repay you, " said the nobleman. " You saved my son's life. "

> > >> > >>> " No, I can't accept payment for what I did, " the Scottish

>farmer

> > >> > >>> replied, waving off the offer.

> > >> > >>> At that moment, the farmer's own son came to the door of the

> > >> > >>> family hovel. " Is that your son? " the nobleman asked. " Yes, "

>the

>

> > >> > >>> farmer replied proudly. " I'll make you a deal. Let me take

> > >> > >>> him and give him a good education. If the lad is anything like

>his

> > >> > >>> father he'll grow to a man you can be proud of. " And that he

>did.

> > >> > >>>

> > >> > >>> In time, Farmer Fleming's son graduated from St.Mary's Hospital

> > >> > >>> Medical School in London, and went on to become known

>throughout

> > the

> > >> > >>> world as the noted Sir Alexander Fleming, the discoverer of

> > >> > >>> Penicillin.Years afterward, the nobleman's son was stricken

>with

>

> > >> > >>> pneumonia. What saved him? Penicillin. The name of the

>nobleman?

> > >> > >>> Lord Randolph Churchill. His son's name? Sir Winston Churchill.

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