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I can be entertaining until you realize some pieces have been lost.
I jump when I walk and sit when I stand.
Curtail me thrice I am a youth; behead me once a snake; complete I'm often used in truth when certain steps you'd take.
The 8 of us go forth and back to protect our king from a foes attack
If a plane crashes on the border of US and Canada where do they bury the survivors?
No matter how little or how much you use me, you change me every month.