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    "text": "Fred had a big red truck. He had a brick for Jen. He set the brick in his truck. The truck sped off! The truck ran so fast. It was set to crash. Fred ran to grab it. He got a good grip on his red truck. \"I got it!\" Fred said with a grin. Jen did clap.",
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