Pete Roy opened the gate and was turning round when something hit him in the stomach.Pete walked with difficulty a few meters but couldn't make it 1 .2 The pain was so terrible that he fell to the 2 fighting to breathe. There was no phone 3 and Pete, a farm worker, in far north New Zealand, 4 he was in trouble. What's even worse, he was 5 except for his dog, Max. The 6 was sharp and there was no way of 7 help. Then he turned to Max, "Go away back, boy." Max knew something was 8 wrong and 9 up the road, but a few minutes later Max came back, 10 to leave. Pete sent him back, and after some time he again 11 alone. "Go away back, go get Angela." Angela Rose-ollins, his former partner, 12 about 500 meters down the road.Max was a regular 13 to her house and she thought nothing of it when he ran into her 14 . She just sent him away. The third time, Max left with her little pet dog, Roxy. Pete saw Max return to the place where he 15 , holding Roxy down with a paw and refusing to let the smaller dog go until its 16 arrived. By now nearly an hour had passed. Anxiously watching Pete, Max never moved from his position for Angela to come, looking 17 . Sure enough, finally Angela arrived, 18 Roxy. She immediately called the ambulance and before long Pete was 19 to the hospital. The ambulance officers said he probably would not have survived another hour if Max had not gone 20 help.