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Solve the following problem using Python, implementing the functions described below, one line at a time
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Description:
 def MergeLines(self, lines, message):
 """Merges a text representation of a protocol message into a message."""

    self._allow_multiple_scalars = True
    self._ParseOrMerge(lines, message)
    return message