Alexander Fleming, good news travels fast

I have received a number of emails lately with this text below or something similar. The site this text is taken from, CharityGuide.org, had the nicest presentation of the material

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 ... -read more-

CharityGuide.org also got extra credit for linking to the best of the Churchill sites, The Churchill Centre, with

Leading Churchill Myths

Fleming saved him from Drowning

Bravo! CharityGuide.org, good work.