I only show up once every four years, taking a giant bound across the calendar without using any legs. What am I?
A leap year
The riddle plays on the action verb leap alongside calendar math. While leap usually implies physical jumping, a leap year is a calendar year containing 366 days instead of 365, leaping forward by inserting February 29 into the schedule every four years.
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