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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 storage(self):
 """ get the counter storage """

        annotation = get_portal_annotation()
        if annotation.get(NUMBER_STORAGE) is None:
            annotation[NUMBER_STORAGE]  = OIBTree()
        return annotation[NUMBER_STORAGE]