Jump it!

Taking a deep breath you jump as hard as your legs can take you. You sail through the air towards the next lilypad, closer, closer, closer...!

SPLASH

You plunge anticlimactically into the water, well short of freedom. You float in the cool, refreshing waters, a little embarrassed by how thoroughly you beefed it, trying to think of what to do next. Climb up onto the next lily pad, or just grit your teeth and swim the rest of the way?