Character animation bug

Could you help me fix an animation bug in my game i'm making... It's not playing the animation correctly on the walking left animation, please help
Character code
onClipEvent (load) {
var ground:MovieClip = _root.ground;
var grav:Number = 0;
var gravity:Number = 1;
var speed:Number = 7;
var maxJump:Number = -12;
var touchingGround:Boolean = true;
var right:MovieClip
onClipEvent (enterFrame) {
_y += grav;
grav += gravity;
while (ground.hitTest(_x, _y, true)) {
_y -= gravity;
grav = 0;
if (ground.hitTest(_x, _y+6, true)) {
touchingGround = true;
} else {
touchingGround = false;
if (Key.isDown(Key.RIGHT))
            this._x += 5;
                if (this.currentFrame <= 1)
                    if (this.currentFrame <= 1)
                    gotoAndPlay(2);
                    else
                    nothing
if (Key.isDown(Key.LEFT))
            this._x -= 5;
                if (this.currentFrame <= 1)
                    if (this.currentFrame <= 1)
                    gotoAndPlay(3);
                    else
                    nothing
if (Key.isDown(Key.UP) && touchingGround) {
grav = maxJump;
if (Key.isDown(Key.UP))
                if (this.currentFrame <= 1)
                    if (this.currentFrame <= 1)
                    gotoAndPlay(4);
                    else
                    nothing
if (ground.hitTest(_x+(_width/2), _y-(_height/2), true)) {
_x -= speed;
if (ground.hitTest(_x-(_width/2), _y-(_height/2), true)) {
_x += speed;
if (ground.hitTest(_x, _y-(height), true)) {
grav = 2;
Game file
http://www.mediafire.com/?lvzr2927h1e75wo

That is AS2 code. You should look for help with it in the AS2 forum...
http://forums.adobe.com/community/flash/flash_actionscript?view=discussions

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