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    "title": "Gus Tugs the Rug",
    "text": "Pam and her pup, Gus, sat on a rug in the sun. Pam had a big bun for fun. But a bug lit on the rug! The bug ran up to the bun.\n\n\u201cOh no!\u201d said Pam. \u201cA bug is on my bun.\u201d\n\nGus had a job. He got up. Gus bit the rug and got it a big tug. Tug, tug, tug! The bug fell off the rug and into the mud.\n\n\"Good pup, Gus!\" said Pam. She sat and fed Gus his bun.",
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