output_description: Print the minimum possible total cost incurred.
  
  * * *
input_description: Input is given from Standard Input in the following format:
  
      
      
      N
      h_1 h_2 \ldots h_N
attempt: """ ===============================
      -- @uthor : Kaleab Asfaw
      -- Handle : kaleabasfaw2010
      -- Bio    : None
      ==============================="""
  
  # Fast IO
  import sys
  import os
  from io import BytesIO, IOBase
  
  BUFSIZE = 8192
  
  
  class FastIO(IOBase):
      newlines = 0
  
      def __init__(self, file):
          self._fd = file.fileno()
          self.buffer = BytesIO()
          self.writable = "x" in file.mode or "r" not in file.mode
          self.write = self.buffer.write if self.writable else None
  
      def read(self):
          while True:
              b = os.read(self._fd, max(os.fstat(self._fd).st_size, BUFSIZE))
              if not b:
                  break
              ptr = self.buffer.tell()
              self.buffer.seek(0, 2), self.buffer.write(b), self.buffer.seek(ptr)
          self.newlines = 0
          return self.buffer.read()
  
      def readline(self):
          while self.newlines == 0:
              b = os.read(self._fd, max(os.fstat(self._fd).st_size, BUFSIZE))
              self.newlines = b.count(b"\n") + (not b)
              ptr = self.buffer.tell()
              self.buffer.seek(0, 2), self.buffer.write(b), self.buffer.seek(ptr)
          self.newlines -= 1
          return self.buffer.readline()
  
      def flush(self):
          if self.writable:
              os.write(self._fd, self.buffer.getvalue())
              self.buffer.truncate(0), self.buffer.seek(0)
  
  
  class IOWrapper(IOBase):
      def __init__(self, file):
          self.buffer = FastIO(file)
          self.flush = self.buffer.flush
          self.writable = self.buffer.writable
          self.write = lambda s: self.buffer.write(s.encode("ascii"))
          self.read = lambda: self.buffer.read().decode("ascii")
          self.readline = lambda: self.buffer.readline().decode("ascii")
  
  
  sys.stdin, sys.stdout = IOWrapper(sys.stdin), IOWrapper(sys.stdout)
  input = lambda: sys.stdin.readline().rstrip("\r\n")
  # Others
  # from math import floor, ceil, gcd
  # from decimal import Decimal as d
  mod = 10**9 + 7
  
  
  def lcm(x, y):
      return (x * y) / (gcd(x, y))
  
  
  def fact(x, mod=mod):
      ans = 1
      for i in range(1, x + 1):
          ans = (ans * i) % mod
      return ans
  
  
  def arr2D(n, m, default=0):
      lst = []
      for i in range(n):
          temp = [default] * m
          lst.append(temp)
      return lst
  
  
  def sortDictV(x):
      return {k: v for k, v in sorted(x.items(), key=lambda item: item[1])}
  
  
  def solve(n, lst):
      dp = [float("inf")] * n
      dp[1] = abs(lst[1] - lst[0])
  
      for i in range(2, n):
          dp[i] = min(
              dp[i - 1] + abs(lst[i] - lst[i - 1]), dp[i - 2] + abs(lst[i] - lst[i - 2])
          )
      return dp[n - 1]
  
  
  n = int(input())
  lst = list(map(int, input().split()))
  print(solve(n, lst))
  
problem_description: Statement
  
  There are N stones, numbered 1, 2, \ldots, N. For each i (1 \leq i \leq N),
  the height of Stone i is h_i.
  
  There is a frog who is initially on Stone 1. He will repeat the following
  action some number of times to reach Stone N:
  
    * If the frog is currently on Stone i, jump to Stone i + 1 or Stone i + 2. Here, a cost of |h_i - h_j| is incurred, where j is the stone to land on.
  
  Find the minimum possible total cost incurred before the frog reaches Stone N.
samples: [{"input": "4\n    10 30 40 20", "output": "30\n    \n\nIf we follow the path 1 \u2192 2 \u2192 4, the total cost incurred would be |10 - 30| +\n|30 - 20| = 30.\n\n* * *"}, {"input": "2\n    10 10", "output": "0\n    \n\nIf we follow the path 1 \u2192 2, the total cost incurred would be |10 - 10| = 0.\n\n* * *"}, {"input": "6\n    30 10 60 10 60 50", "output": "40\n    \n\nIf we follow the path 1 \u2192 3 \u2192 5 \u2192 6, the total cost incurred would be |30 -\n60| + |60 - 60| + |60 - 50| = 40."}]