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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 _recv(self):
 """ Receives and returns a message from Scratch """

        prefix = self._read(self.prefix_len)
        msg = self._read(self._extract_len(prefix))
        return prefix + msg