Zhenya was standing on the third Lily pad, when she had decided what number to go to next. She felt extremely shaky on the lily pad, thinking to herself that it wasn't steady. But the worst that would happen would be a nice swim in the lake. Not too bad.

She gathered her nerves, found a little bundle of energy and leaped onto Lily Pad number 8 and her foot slipped from under her. Lucky it was just the one foot and she was able to balance herself with her other foot. That was lucky. Her heart was racing from the near miss, and she had to shake it off. Still have more to go, she thought.

Again, she had to gather her nerves and build up some energy to make the leap. She thought she might try a zig-zag pattern. She leaped and landed on Lily Pad number 11 and was surprised at how steady that landing was.