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    "title": "Pip's Big Fig",
    "text": "Pip the pig had a big wish. He did wish for a big fig! The fig sat up on a tip, in the mud. Pip ran to dig. He dug and dug. The fig was so big that Pip did not get it. \u201cI will not stop,\u201d said Pip. Pip had a fix. He got his tin bin. He dug up all the mud in the bin. The big fig sat in it! \u201cI did it!\u201d said Pip. Pip sat to nip a bit of the fig. It was so good!",
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    "is",
    "a",
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    "to",
    "was",
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    "on",
    "his",
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