Coco & Riley's dance performances on the art festival's stage goes viral among the kids in Galway town.
At the same time, their social following grows apace.
More events, more fans, more following. This goes on for several months.
Meanwhile, Padraig starts taking all the measures to help Riley keep up her good grades in school.
The star duo gets invited to major events on TV and their stardom goes beyond social media in like 6 months.
Their schedule is completely changed now, but their morning routine remains the same.
One day, nearly 6 months after their first event, Padraig is out of town for business, Riley & Coco goes out for walking on their own.
Instead of going to the same park, Riley decides to go to the trail nearby.
Coco loves the river, he loves to see the fish jump off from the currents.
They reach the park at around 7:15 am that day and starts the trail beside. It usually takes them 10 minutes to return.
" Help me please........."
SOMEONE SCREAMS!!
Panicked Riley looks around, tightening the grip of Coco's leash.
At first sight, she doesn't notice anyone.
She pulls the leash guiding Coco towards the trail.
COCO RESISTS!!
He cuts loose and starts running towards the river.
"HELP ME PLEASE"
ANOTHER SCREAM.
It's loud and clear this time.
Riley turns to her left and sees this man in his 40's in the river trying to swim across the current.
Feeling unsure, she straightaway picks her phone up and calls Mark, her brother.
" Mark, Brother!!! "
"Hello, Riley what happened, where are you? "
"I and Coco came to the river trail and someone's drowning in the river"
In a panicked voice, Riley asks her brother for help.
"OK OK, STAY THERE!! DON'T GO NEAR THE RIVER, I AM CLOSE BY AND I AM WITH FEW FRIENDS, IS COCO WITH YOU?"
RILEY HANGS UP and starts running behind Coco.
"COCO"
"BUDDY"
"COCO"
Coco has already reached the riverbank, the man is 16 foot away, hanging to a tree branch.
Riley yells, "Hang in there, my brother will be here in a moment"
There were these ropes that sailors use to park their boats.
Coco's rescue instinct kicks in.
He bites one rope and pushes it into the water guiding it towards the tree.
The rope is long enough but isn't going to end up where Coco wanted.
Coco takes another rope and does the same.
No, it isn't long enough this time.
Coco jumps off into the river with another rope in his mouth.
Swimming along with the tide, Coco reaches the stranded.
Thank God, he was healthy enough to grab the dog and the rope with one of his hands.
While hanging on to the tree with another.
The currents are getting heavier and Riley's at the river bank crying..
The stranded man takes the charge.
He ties one end of the rope to his belly.
And with Coco in his left hand, he starts swimming across the tide leaving the tree.
Finally, panicked Mark rushes with his friends to the river coast.
"RILEY"
"RILEY"
They see Riley and someone swimming.
They jump off onto the bank and starts pulling the rope as they see it.
One of Mark's friends is a swimmer and he goes further along into the tide pulls the two onto the bank.
"THANKS, BOYS, THANK YOU, YOU ALL SAVED MY LIFE"
He was one of Padraig's neighbours, Keith.
Uff, a sign of relief for Mark.
All three are safe.
Riley hugs Coco and Mark!!
"Thank you boys, you all saved my life"
Keith passes out.
Mark's friends call the rescue team and ambulance.
People of Oughterard joins the group.
They get the help they deserve and the ambulance arrives in minutes.
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Adventures of Riley & Coco
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