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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 _lazy_child(self, index):
 """ Builds a child object if the child has only been parsed into a tuple so far """


        child = self.children[index]
        if child.__class__ == tuple:
            child = self.children[index] = _build(*child)
        return child