给定一篇文章，计算其中单词“the”出现的次数。


It is the summer of the year 1962 in a small town in Vermont. The population of the town is approximately 1000 people. The town has one main street, one gas station, one supermarket, and one library. The library is located in the center of the town, and it is the only place where people can get access to books. The librarian is a kind and knowledgeable woman who is loved by everyone in the town. She has been working in the library for more than twenty years, and she knows all the books in the library very well. Many people come to the library every day to borrow books or read them in the reading room.
单词“the”在文章中出现了5次。