Any bird that crossed his path would be eaten by Rex, a German shepherd. Rex___41___(rescue) from his previous shelter, where he was going to be put down after a biting incident. Last year, he___42___(eventual) arrived at Puriton Horse and Animal Rescue.

Geraldine was a goose abandoned by owners who could no longer put up ___43___ her. She wasn’t exactly the picture of ___44___(warm), either, when she arrived at the same shelter three months ago. The dog and the goose were individually given labels like cruel and dangerous. Neither seemed particularly harmonious with humans or even members of their own species.

But when the two ___45___(annoy) creatures were offered a chance to hang out together, something magical happened. They chased each other when first ___46___(introduce), but Geraldine stood up for herself and that was that. They just fell in love with each other.

“I’ve been doing rescue work since 1997 and seen all ___47___(kind) of strange animal behavior, but I’ve never seen anything like this,” said Sheila Brislin,  ___48___is the founder of the shelter. “It’s so amusing to see them because they love each other to bits. They are very affectionate. She just___49___ (run) around alongside him all day long and whenever we take him for  ___50___walk in the woods she has to come, too.”