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Farmer Fleming And a Nobleman
His name was Fleming, and he was a poor Scottish farmer. One day, while
trying to eke out 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.
Give help to people who need it.
You never know people will help you back in the future.
Good deeds lead to good reality.
- Life Feel
Life is About Making Choices
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