diff --git a/src/magic/data/ReadMeFile.java b/src/magic/data/ReadMeFile.java
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+package magic.data;
+import java.io.*;
+import java.util.Scanner;
+
+import magic.MagicMain;
+
+public class ReadMeFile {
+	private final String fileName;
+	public ReadMeFile(final String fileName){
+			this.fileName=fileName;
+	}
+	public String getDataFromFile() throws IOException{
+		 StringBuilder text = new StringBuilder();
+		 String NL = System.getProperty("line.separator");
+		 Scanner scanner = new Scanner(new FileInputStream(fileName));
+		 try{
+		      while (scanner.hasNextLine()){
+		        text.append(scanner.nextLine() + NL);
+		      }
+		 }
+		 finally{
+		      scanner.close();
+		 } 
+		return text.toString();
+	}
+}