"I want to reward you," said the nobleman．"You saved my son's life．

　　" I can't accept reward for what I did," the Scottish farmer replied, waving off the offer．

　　"Is that your son?" the nobleman asked．

　　"Yes," the farmer replied proudly．

　　" I'll make you a deal． Let me take your son and give him a good education．If the boy is anything like his father, he'll grow into a man you can be proud of．"

　　And that he did．Farmer Fleming's son attended a very best school, and in time, he graduated from St．Mary's Hospital Medical School in London．Why? Because he discovered Penicillin．Years afterwards, 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．

　　Sir Winston Churchill, was a British politician known chiefly for his leadership of the United Kingdom during World War II．

　　A．His father dropped his tools and ran to the muddy ground．

　　B．If the farmer hadn't saved the boy, he wouldn't have met the nobleman．

　　C．Penicillin has saved, and is still saving, millions of people around the world．

　　D．At that moment, the farmer's own son came to the door of the family cottage．

　　E．Both the discoverer of Penicillin and his father saved Sir Winston Churchill's life． F．He served as Prime Minister of UK from 1940 to 1945 and again from 1951 to 1955．

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