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: Ed dropped his new phone in a puddle. Middle 1: He washed it out carefully in the sink. Middle 2: He dried it out carefully. Ending: The next day his phone was totally back to normal.
A:
2