Detailed Instructions: In this task, you will be shown a short story with a beginning, two potential middles, and an ending. Your job is to choose the middle statement that makes the story coherent / plausible by writing "1" or "2" in the output. If both sentences are plausible, pick the one that makes most sense.
Q: Beginning: Jim found a large quartz crystal in the forest. Middle 1: He hid it from his teacher to keep it safe. Middle 2: He hid it from his friends to keep it safe. Ending: They smashed it with sledgehammers when no one was around.
A:
2