[LUAU] A good story

[jwchris at juno.com]

Hi, guys !

Thought you would like this,

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> >     His name was Fleming, and he was a poor Scottish farmer.
> >     One day, while trying to eke out 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 take him and give him a good
> >     education.  If the lad 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 stricken with pneumonia.
> >
> >     What saved him? 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.

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