Nobody should suggest that the Lassie stories are far-fetched. In Australia this week, a 13-month-old cattle dog caled “Lassie” helped to rescue its injured master after he fell from a horse in eastern Australia. George Crowther, a farmer from Queensland state, broke his pelvis when he was pitched from a bucking horse and his foot became caught in the reins, according to a report on Australian television. Crowther’s dog, Lassie, came to the rescue, snuggling in next to Crowther to keep him warm. When darkness fell, Crowther’s wife came searching in the woods with a flashlight, but couldn’t hear his feeble cries. “The dog ran to her and she said ‘Where’s George?” Crowther told the ABC. “And she (Lassie) toddled off, leading my wife to where I was.” Even the Lassie in the film would be proud of that adventure.