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.  Heher Inky.

" I grew up on a hundred-acre farm and had only catsplaymates ," Kruger,

The seventy-year-old man , says. "My hearing was damaged by theof 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 didthat would set her apart fromcats forever.

Kruger had gone down to the basement tothe wood stove for the night.  When he was finished, heto the top of the stairs and reached to  turn off the lights. In doing so , he slipped andhis back against an old shelf.  The heavy shelf came crashing down and sent Kruger down the stairs.

in a pool of blood on the basement floor, Kruger feltgoing 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.

Inkyto the bedroom door and scratcheduntil Brenda opened it.  Then Inky led her to  theBrenda found her husbandthe stairs and called 911.  Kruger was rushed to the hospital. "I spent six monthstherd," Says Kruger .  "Although I became lame , I was blessed. " Since the accident, Inky has

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