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      36        her Inky.    “ I grew up on a hundred-acre farm and had only cats  37        playmatcs,”Kruger,    The sevevty-year-old man,says. “My hearing was damaged by the    38    of farm epuipment , so I learned to connect with      39      .  They react to what they see and what you do.  ”    Inky was a gentle cat,      40      the house with five other cats.  But on a January night in 2009,  Inky did    41      that would set her apart from    42      cats forever.    Kruger had gone down to the basemeng to    43      the wood stove for the night.  When he was finished, he    44        to the top of the stairs and reached to  turn off the lights. In doing so , he slipped and    45          his back against an old shelf.  The heavy shelf came crashing down and sent Kruger down the stairs.    46    in a pool of blood on the basement floor, Kruger felt      47    going into shock（休克）.  He shouted for help ,      48      his wife, Brenda , was asleep in their bedroom at  the opposite end of the house.      49      Kruger noticed Inky watching from the top of the stairs.    “Go get Brenda, ” Krugger said to Inky.    Inky    50      to the bedroom door and scratched    51      until Brenda opened it.  Then Inky led her to  the      52      Brenda found her husband    53      the stairs and called 911.  Kruger was rushed to the hospital. “I spent six months  54  therd,”    Says kruger .  “Although I became lame , I was blessed. ” Sinec the acciedent, Inky has  55    Left Krhger’s side.