What a hero Tom was become now! He did not go skipping and prancin

What a hero Tom was become now! He did not go skipping and prancing, but moved with a dignified swagger as became a pirate who felt that the public eye was on him. – Mark Twain, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

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I like to skip because I can’t help but smile when I’m skipping (either I’m too uncoordinated to frown and skip at the same time or else it’s a physical impossibility)! – Nancy, courtesy of iSkip.com

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[Skipping] takes me back to less complicated times, without leaving the present! – Hope Trachtenberg-Fifer, courtesy of iSkip.com

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It’s only a matter of inches, but skipping gets me just that much closer to heaven. – Terri Guillemets

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Skipping gives the adult a well-deserved break and lets the inner child be in charge for a while. – Opal Montagne

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