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: Sam heard a knock on the front door. Middle 1: Sam opened the door. Middle 2: Sam got scared and hid under the bed until his mother got home. Ending: He saw a kid laughing as he ran away to prank the house next door.
A:
1