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> > >>This is apparently true...........according to
> > >>legend........
> > >>Irish Friendship week....
> > >>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
> > >&gt! ;Scottish farmer replied, waving off the offer.
> > >>
> > >>At th at 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, he 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 R! andolph Churchill.
> > >>
> > >>His son's name? Sir Wi nston 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.
> > >>
> > >>It's National Friendship Week. Send this to everyone
> > >>you consider a FRIEND.
> > >>Pass this on, and brighten someone's day.
> > >>
> > >>AN IRISH FRIENDSHIP WISH: You had better send this
> > >>back!!
> > >>
> > >>May there always be work for your hands to do;
> > >>
> > >>May your purse always hold a coin or two;
> > >>
> > >>May the sun always shine on your windowpane;
> > >>
> > >>May a rainbow be certain to follow each rain;
> > >>
> > >>May the hand of a friend always be near you;
> > >>
> > >>May God fill your heart with gladness to cheer you.