第14章 What Goes around,Comes around

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.

付出终有回报

他叫弗莱明，是个贫苦的苏格兰农夫。

一天，弗莱明正为一家人的生计努力劳作时，听到附近沼泽地里传来呼救的声音。他扔下农具，奔向沼泽地。黑乎乎的烂泥已没到了腰部，是一个受惊的男孩，他尖叫着、挣扎着想挣脱出来。农夫弗莱明把这个男孩从一场缓慢煎熬、恐怖窒息的死亡中拯救了出来。

第二天，一辆豪华马车驶入这个苏格兰男人那片荒凉的土地。一位穿着雅致的贵族步下车来，介绍自己是农夫弗莱明救的那个男孩的父亲。

“我想报答你，”贵族说，“你挽救了我儿子的性命。”

“不，我不能因为我做的事情而接受报酬。”这个苏格兰农夫回答，谢绝了好意。

就在此时，农夫自己的儿子从一家人居住的小屋里出来了。“这是你的儿子吗？”贵族问道。

“是的。”农夫骄傲地回答。

“我向你提一个建议。请让我为他提供我儿子将会享受的教育水准。如果这个小家伙能像他父亲一样品德高尚，他肯定会成长为我们都会为之骄傲的男人。”

他兑现了承诺。农夫弗莱明的儿子在各个一流的学校就读，按时从伦敦圣玛丽医学院毕业，继而享誉全球，成为著名的亚历山大·弗莱明爵士——盘尼西林的发现者。

数年后，还是那个被人从沼泽里救下的贵族的儿子患上了肺炎。这次是什么挽救了他的性命呢？盘尼西林。

这个贵族的名字是？伦道夫·丘吉尔勋爵。

他的儿子呢？是温斯顿·丘吉尔爵士。