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    "text": "Pat the cat had a red mat. Pat sat on his mat for a nap.\n\nBut a fat rat ran past. The rat got the mat!\n\n\u201cMy mat!\u201d said Pat. He ran and ran.\n\nThe rat ran to a man with a cap. The man had a big box. The rat hid the mat in the big box.\n\nPat was mad. He ran at the rat. Zap! The rat ran off.\n\nPat got his mat. He sat on it in the sun for his nap.",
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