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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 _pad(self, text):
 """Pad the text."""

        top_bottom = ("\n" * self._padding) + " "
        right_left = " " * self._padding * self.PAD_WIDTH
        return top_bottom + right_left + text + right_left + top_bottom