When Glen Kruger picked a small cat from an animal shelter, he did not expect much. Yet right from the start, eight years ago, there was an uncommon connection between him and the small black cat. He       her Inky.
“I grew up on a hundred-acre farm and had only cats      playmates,” Kruger, the seventy-year-old man, says.“ My hearing was damaged by the
     of farm equipment, so I learned to connect with      . They react to what they see and what you do.”
Inky was a gentle cat.       the house with five other cats. But on a January night in 2009, Inky did       that would set her apart from
     cats forever.
Kruger had gone down to the basement to       the wood stove for the night. When he was finished, he       to the top of the stairs and reached to turn off the lights. In doing so, he slipped and       his back against an old shelf. The heavy shelf came crashing down and sent Kruger down the stairs.
     in a pool of pool on the basement floor, Kruger felt         going into shock (休克). He shouted for help,        his wife, Brenda, was asleep in their bedroom at the opposite end of the house.        Kruger noticed Inky watching from the top of the stairs.
“Go get Brenda,” Kruger said to Inky.
Inky        to the bedroom door and scratched        until Brenda opened it. Then Inky led her to the      . Brenda found her husband
       the stairs and called 911. Kruger was rushed to the hospital. “ I spent six months         there,” says Kruger. “Although I became lame, I was blessed.” Since the accident, Inky has         left Kruger’s side.

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