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    "title": "Red the Hen",
    "text": "Pam had a pet hen. The hen was red.\n\nRed got out of her pen. Her legs got wet. Pam had a big net. Red ran and ran. Pam ran to get her pet. But she did not get Red. Pam set the net on the grass.\n\nPam had a good tip. She sat on a big red bed in the pen.\n\n\u201cRest, Red,\u201d said Pam.\n\nThe wet hen did not run. The bed was not wet. Red got in the pen. Red sat on the bed. Pam fed her pet.",
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    "her"
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