Subject:    A little bit of history...
Importance: Low

  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 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.

  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.

  Nothing will happen if you do not decide to
  pass it along. The only thing
  that will happen, if you DO pass
  it on, is that someone might smile because
  of you.

  Happy friendship week everyone!


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