<SYSTEM_TASK:>
Solve the following problem using Python, implementing the functions described below, one line at a time
<END_TASK>
<USER_TASK:>
Description:
 def get_text(revision, strip=True):
 """Extract the text from a revision. Args: revision: a string strip: a boolean Returns: a string """

  # text start tag looks like "<text ..otherstuff>"
  start_pos = revision.find("<text")
  assert start_pos != -1
  end_tag_pos = revision.find(">", start_pos)
  assert end_tag_pos != -1
  end_tag_pos += len(">")
  end_pos = revision.find("</text>")
  if end_pos == -1:
    ret = ""
  else:
    ret = revision[end_tag_pos:end_pos]
  if strip:
    ret = strip_text(ret)
  ret = text_encoder.to_unicode_utf8(ret)
  return ret