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Alexander Fleming

His name was Fleming,

and he was a poor Scottish farmer.

One day, while trying to provide a living for his family,

he heard a cry for help coming from a nearby swamp.

He dropped his tools and ran to the swamp.

There was a terrified boy in the swamp screaming and struggling to free himself.

Farmer Fleming saved the boy from a slow and terrifying death.

The next day a  fancy carriage pulled up to the Scotsman’s poor neighborhood.

An elegantly dressed aristocrat stepped out.

He introduced himself as the father of the boy Farmer Fleming had saved.

“I want to pay you back,” said the aristocrat.

“You saved my son’s life.”

“No, I can’t accept payment for what I did,” the Scottish farmer replied.

At that moment, the farmer’s own son came to the door of the house.

“Is that your son?” the aristocrat asked.

“Yes,” the farmer replied proudly.

“Let’s make an agreement.

Let me take him and give him a good education.

If the boy is like his father, he will become a man you can be proud of.”

And he did that.

In time, Farmer Fleming’s son graduated from St. Mary’s Hospital Medical School in London.

He became known throughout the world as the famous Sir Alexander Fleming, the discoverer of Penicillin.

Years later, the aristocrat’s son developed pneumonia.

What saved him? Penicillin.

The name of the aristocrat?

Lord Randolph Churchill.

His son’s name?

Sir Winston Churchill