请编写一个程序，计算以下文本中“the”这个单词出现的频率。输出文本中“the”的出现次数。
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. The dog slept over the veranda. The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog again.
以下是Python 代码来计算文本中“the”的频率：

```python
text = "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. The dog slept over the veranda. The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog again."
count = text.count("the")
print("出现次数: ", count)
```

输出结果应该是：出现次数: 4