Estolenza

Vincenzo excitedly ran to the tree and climbed up. Leo and I followed him closely just like any schnauzer would do, really. The tree trunk was wet from the rain and Vincenzo was close to slipping a few times, but his circus acrobat nature helped him maintain his balance. Cocco and Dolcce were also on the tree, carefully walking along while looking back at the rest of the group. Vincenzo stopped in the middle of the tree-bridge and yelled at Adrian: -Hurry up, come on, primo! Let’s go play on the other side!- Adrian stopped and looked at the current before climbing on the tree, it was full of debris and rising quickly, he could see the brown foam that was all along the riverbank covering the rocks. Finally, he climbed on. Lui, carefully followed. The only one left on the bank was Katrina, who kept circling and barking, it looked like she was trying to warn us, she could sense the danger: - Orale Katrina! - we both yelled. – C’mon scaredy cat! - But Katrina would not get on, something was stopping her. Everything happened in a blink of an eye, Vincenzo’s foot slipped out from under him, and the river current did the rest. With the speed of lightning, Katrina jumped in the water after him, and at the same time the world went dark