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.

Work  like you don't need the money.

Love  like you've never been hurt.

Dance  like nobody's watching.

Sing  like nobody's listening.

Live  like it's Heaven on Earth.

[margypops]

Very good rahim its the way I am sure but can we always do that LOL at least we can try ..

[rahim28]

Or at least we know that we can try

[Shanna707]

I loved the story.  Thank you!

[Shanna707]

I forgot to add, I am Irish and sure could use some Irish Luck.  I have helped many out and I am sure I have been helped as well, but unfortunatly it doesn't seem to work out as perfectly as your story.  I sure wish it did though, and I never help someone based only on what I can get back.  That would be a terrible injustice.
I'm hoping for a lil Irish Luck for us all who do any kind of good in this corrupt world,****
I'm sending some Irish Luv to ya,
Shanna