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    "title": "Kim Cracks Nuts",
    "text": "Kim and her dad had a big crate. The crate had lots of nuts from a crop. Kim had a wish for a snack, but she could not crack a nut.\n\n\"Dad, can you help?\" said Kim.\n\nDad got a flat rock. \"We can crack them,\" he said. With a tap, the shell split with a crack. A big crumb fell off. He let Kim have the nut. It was crisp and good.\n\n\"Do not crush it, just tap,\" Dad said.\n\nKim had a go. Her first tap did not get it. But her last tap did! She was glad. Now she did not fret. She and her dad can crack all the nuts in the crate.",
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