Hearing all the talk about relationships, seasons, lifetimes, and
friendships, I wanted to pass on the aforementioned "chain letter" because I
think its particularly fitting.  If not, its definetely interesting.  Enjoy,
and pass on as you will, I know I did.
>>
>>      Friendship
>>
>>      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 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
>>provide him with  the level of education my son will enjoy. If the lad is
>>anything like his father, he'll no doubt  grow  to  be a man we both will
>>be proud of."
>>
>>      And that he did.
>>
>>      Farmer Fleming's son attended the very best schools
>>      and in time, he 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 same nobleman's son who was
>>      saved from the bog was stricken with pneumonia. What saved his life
>>this  time?  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."
>>      "Sing like nobody's listening."
>>      "Live like it's Heaven on Earth. "
>>
>>      It's National Friendship Week. Send this to everyone you consider a
>>      FRIEND.
>>
>>      Pass this on, and brighten someone's day.
>>
>>      Happy friendship week everyone!
>>
>>
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