leap

The Mouse gave a sudden leap out of the water, and seemed to quiver all over with fright.

With a snappy “Good-morning, Pitcher,” Maxwell dashed at his desk as though he were intending to leap over it, and then plunged into the great heap of letters and telegrams waiting there for him.

The bushes rustled a little in the thicket, and Father Wolf dropped with his haunches under him, ready for his leap.

The proverb you need to go by is ‘Look before you leap’--especially into spare-room beds.”