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 boy. He dropped his tools and ran to the boy. 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 place. An elegantly dressed nobleman
stepped out and introduced himself as the father of the boy farmer Fleming had
saved.
"I want to repay уоu", 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 take him and give him a good education. If
the fellow is anything like his father, he'll grow to a man you can be proud
of.
And that he did. In time, farmer Fleming's son 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 nobleman's son was close to death from pneumonia. What saved him?
Penicillin. The name of the nobleman? Lord Randolph Churchill. His son's
name?
IІ. Write and choose if it is true or false.
1) His name was Fleming, and he was a poor Scottish farmer.
