Two Fathers, Two Sons

今天，我在網上看到一篇很好的小故事，我轉來與朋友們共享。

        Two Fathers, Two Sons

Hisname was Fleming, and he was a poor Scottish farmer. One day, while trying tomake 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 strugglingto free himself. Farmer Fleming saved the lad from what could have been a slowand terrifying death.

Thenext day, a fancy carriage pulled up to the Scotsman's sparse surroundings Anelegantly dressed nobleman stepped out and introduced himself as the father ofthe boy Farmer Fleming had saved.

"Iwant to repay you," said the nobleman. "You saved my son'slife."

"No,I can't accept payment for what I did," the Scottish farmer replied wavingoff the offer. At that moment, the farmer's own son came to the door of thefamily hovel.

"Isthat your son?" the nobleman asked.

"Yes,"the farmer replied proudly.

"I'llmake you a deal. Let me provide him with the level of education my own son willenjoy. If the lad is anything like his father, he'll no doubt grow to be a manwe both will be proud of." And that he did.

FarmerFleming's son attended the very best schools and in time, graduated from St. Mary'sHospital Medical School in London , and went on to become known throughout theworld as the noted Sir Alexander Fleming , the discoverer of Penicillin.

Yearsafterward, the same nobleman's son who was saved from the bog was stricken withpneumonia.

Whatsaved his life this time? Penicillin.

Thename of the nobleman? Lord Randolph Churchill. His son's name?  Sir Winston Churchill .

Someoneonce said: What goes around comes around.

Worklike you don't need the money.

Lovelike you've never been hurt.

Dancelike nobody's watching.

Singlike nobody's listening.

Livelike it's Heaven on Earth.

兩位父親，兩位兒子

故事說的是，有一次，一位農夫救了一位有錢人的兒子。有錢人很感激，要給農夫一大筆錢。農夫說他不能因做了好事而接受這錢。 這時農夫的兒子進來了，有錢人就說，那好吧，讓我負責把你的兒子送去接受高等教育。

於是在有錢人的幫助下農夫的兒子進了最好的一家醫學院學習。 後來他成為舉世聞名的青黴素發明者Alexander Fleming。

有錢人的兒子有一回得了肺炎，肺炎那個時候可是要命的病。什麽東西救了他？青黴素！這位被青黴素救了的有錢人的兒子，就是後來頂頂有名的溫斯頓。邱吉爾！

讀了這文章, 你會感覺到世間萬物的因果聯係, 你會體會到 “種瓜得瓜, 種豆得豆”, “善有善報” 等等諺語, 真是非常非常深刻的生活真理!

順便說一句, ALEXANDER FLEMING 的功勞，可不在邱吉爾之下。青黴素，標誌著人類曆史的一個旅程碑，它救了多少人的命啊。直到青黴素問世，病毒才真的被“道”所製服。雖然後來魔會高一尺，但“道”也總有辦法升級。當今醫學界乃至整個人類，你能想象沒有抗生素的情況嗎？

 
    做事，就象你不為錢一樣。
    去愛，就象你心從未被傷過一般。
    不為喝彩而舞。
    不為掌聲而歌。
    在地上，活得有如人在天堂。

    我被這最後一句，深深的感動！