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Irish Luck
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 provide him with
the level of education my own son will enjoy If the
lad is anything like his father, he'll no doubt grow
to be a man we both will be proud of.' And that he
did.
Farmer Fleming's son attended the very best
schools and in time, 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 same nobleman's son who was
saved from the bog was stricken with pneumonia.
What saved his life this time? Penicillin.
The name of the nobleman? Lord Randolph
Churchill .. His son's name?
Sir Winston Churchill.
Someone once said: What goes around comes
around.
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