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Literary notes about SCAMPER (AI summary)

In literature, the word scamper frequently connotes a light, brisk, and often playful motion, whether describing a small animal dashing for safety or a character making a sudden, energetic departure. It is used to evoke images of nimble movement, as when a character is urged to “scamper home” in a moment of urgency [1] or when rabbits and birds burst into animated action at the first sign of disturbance [2, 3]. At times, scamper also captures the fleeting chaos of a hurried retreat in scenes of danger or excitement, adding a vivid dynamism to the narrative, as seen when figures, both human and animal, are depicted scrambling away in haste [4, 5].
  1. Now scamper home, Peter Rabbit, and see that you don't let Old Man Coyote's sharp wits get you into trouble."
    — from Mother West Wind 'Why' Stories by Thornton W. (Thornton Waldo) Burgess
  2. And didn't they scamper and didn't they dance, and frolic, and run!
    — from Little Folks (September 1884) by Various
  3. The water was so fearfully cold that they were obliged to stop singing and scamper out again.
    — from The Innocents Abroad by Mark Twain
  4. Bundles of candles were procured, and straightway there was a general scamper up the hill.
    — from The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Complete by Mark Twain
  5. At two o’clock Sam and Andy brought the horses up to the posts, apparently greatly refreshed and invigorated by the scamper of the morning.
    — from Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe

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