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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 ConsumeString(self):
 """Consumes a string value. Returns: The string parsed. Raises: ParseError: If a string value couldn't be consumed. """

    the_bytes = self.ConsumeByteString()
    try:
      return six.text_type(the_bytes, 'utf-8')
    except UnicodeDecodeError as e:
      raise self._StringParseError(e)