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MISSION 04: RIVER ESCAPE {W1004}
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SUMMARY: Ride a cookbook down a rushing river, using a spoon to paddle and 
your jumping skills to avoid hazards.
STAGE: Destiny River
POINTS: 500

A story sequence will take you from the peaceful farm where the game opened, 
right into a harrowing escape scene as a woman tries to shoot the vermin out 
of her house.  You'll escape with a cookbook written by your favorite chef, 
only it ends up falling into the river.  You jump onto it and start paddling 
down a rapidly-moving stream, which is where the game places control in your 
hands.  It's a good thing you learned how to raft in the previous mission, eh?

From where you begin, head straight forward between some rocks and continue to 
paddle with the 'Action' button so that you can gain on the rat-filled vessel 
drifting down the stream ahead of you.  Note that after a few turns, lightning 
will start striking and huge branches will fall across your path.  You can 
double jump over these and your raft will stay beneath you so that you don't 
fall into the freezing currents.  

After two branches fall, you'll want to head to the general left, where you'll 
be able to jump out of your raft and scurry down an overturned bit of bark, 
down to where your cookbook awaits.  Hop back onto it and you'll have to 
navigate a series of twisting corridors here that can slow your speed.  Don't 
paddle too much here; just focus on getting through.  Once the sharp turns are 
over, hold to the right and you'll pass beneath a dock while ahead of you, 
your quarry continues its navigation of the rapids.

Left here, there's another of the bark slides you can descend, followed by 
more water that's relatively free of hazards for a bit.  Use that opportunity 
to paddle like mad and gain some ground on those ahead of you.  You'll pass to 
the right then left of two consecutive whirlpools, easily identified here by 
the geyser-like bits of water the spray upward from them.  Beyond that, be 
ready for another lightning strike that will send another limb across your 
path.  Jump it and continue along the river, then down another bark slide.  
Hold right as you exit to avoid crashing your makeshift raft into a boulder.

Here, the current is fiercer.  You'll have to navigate more quickly around 
various boulders as the chase continues.  Along the left side here, you can 
also find a bit of CHEESE if you need it.  That moment is followed by two more 
tree limbs, and then you should hold to the side to avoid another obstacle 
before a third, fourth and fifth limb fall across your path.  

After that fifth limb (which is the third in rapid succession), hold left to 
find another of the bark slides.  Slip quickly down to the bottom and return 
to your cookbook, then head straight ahead through the small gap in the 
boulders.  Ahead, you'll notice a log floating in the water.  Double jump onto 
it as you near it, then hold the 'R' button and dash to its end to return to 
your cookbook.  Now paddle furiously to move forward after the drifting basket 
of rats ahead of you.

You'll pass through more of the harmless whirlpools now, and should hold to 
the right if you want more CHEESE.  Then you mostly want to stay at the center 
of the stream, ready to paddle swiftly left or right around various boulders 
that protrude from the water.  Beyond those, there's another gap and a bark 
slide.

Here's where things get sneaky.  As you emerge from the bark slide, you'll see 
a gap in the rocks ahead.  Move toward it but be ready to jump.  A log will 
pop to the surface and you'll have to jump onto it, then run down it and jump 
over a limb that also is laid across the log before you can return to your 
cookbook.  Once you do, start veering toward the right.  Two more branches 
will fall across your path shortly, followed by the opportunity to grab some 
CHEESE before a third log falls.  You'll want to jump all three, obviously.

After that third branch falls, veer around another barrel and jump another log 
before getting ready to slide down another of the bark areas.  You're 
basically home free at this point.  Just slide to the bottom, return to the 
cookbook and raft along as your friends in the basket ahead lead the way 
through a few turns you should have no problems navigating.  You'll pass 
through a hole in a gate and then control is taken out of your hands as your 
friends drift right and you arrive a short time later.  You decide to head 
left, where the mission ends.