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 boy 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,declining 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,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 Randolph Churchill.

His son's name?Sir Winston Churchill.

付出終有回報

他叫弗萊明，是個貧苦的蘇格蘭農夫。

一天，弗萊明正為一家人的生計努力勞作時，聽到附近沼澤地里傳來呼救的聲音。他扔下農具，奔向沼澤地。黑乎乎的爛泥已沒到了腰部，是一個受驚的男孩，他尖叫著、掙扎著想掙脫出來。農夫弗萊明把這個男孩從一場緩慢煎熬、恐怖窒息的死亡中拯救了出來。

第二天，一輛豪華馬車駛入這個蘇格蘭男人那片荒涼的土地。一位穿著雅致的貴族步下車來，介紹自己是農夫弗萊明救的那個男孩的父親。

“我想報答你，”貴族說，“你挽救了我兒子的性命。”

“不，我不能因為我做的事情而接受報酬。”這個蘇格蘭農夫回答，謝絕了好意。

就在此時，農夫自己的兒子從一家人居住的小屋里出來了。“這是你的兒子嗎？”貴族問道。

“是的。”農夫驕傲地回答。

“我向你提一個建議。請讓我為他提供我兒子將會享受的教育水準。如果這個小家伙能像他父親一樣品德高尚，他肯定會成長為我們都會為之驕傲的男人。”

他兌現了承諾。農夫弗萊明的兒子在各個一流的學校就讀，按時從倫敦圣瑪麗醫學院畢業，繼而享譽全球，成為著名的亞歷山大·弗萊明爵士——盤尼西林的發現者。

數年后，還是那個被人從沼澤里救下的貴族的兒子患上了肺炎。這次是什么挽救了他的性命呢？盤尼西林。

這個貴族的名字是？倫道夫·丘吉爾勛爵。

他的兒子呢？是溫斯頓·丘吉爾爵士。