Task: Text Simplification
Input (English): history birth of the furby dave hampton and caleb chung created the furby in merely nine months -lrb- in addition to an additional nine months spent designing the toy -rrb-.
Output (English): history of the birth of the furby : dave hampton and caleb chung spent a total of eighteen months , nine that went towards designing the toy , and a mere nine more to create the furby.