diff --git a/.idea/vcs.xml b/.idea/vcs.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..35eb1dd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.idea/vcs.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<project version="4">
+  <component name="VcsDirectoryMappings">
+    <mapping directory="" vcs="Git" />
+  </component>
+</project>
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diff --git a/src/WordFrequency.java b/src/WordFrequency.java
index 2f82ee4..ea764a4 100644
--- a/src/WordFrequency.java
+++ b/src/WordFrequency.java
@@ -1,5 +1,53 @@
+
+
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Scanner;
+import java.util.TreeMap;
+
 public class WordFrequency {
-    public static void main(String[] args) {
+    public static void main(String[] args) throws FileNotFoundException {
         System.out.println("Hello world!");
+
+
+        Map<String,Integer> files = new TreeMap<>();
+        //in method main, implement code to read in a file and count
+        // up the number of times each word occurs in the file
+
+
+        Scanner infile = new Scanner(new File("medTale.txt"));
+        while (infile.hasNext()){
+            String word = infile.next();
+            //check to see if words is in the map
+            if (files.containsKey(word)){
+                //get the existing value out
+                int value = files.get(word);
+
+                //increment the count (value)
+                value++;
+                //update/put the value back in
+                files.put(word,value);
+
+            }else {
+                //put word into the map
+                files.put(word,1);
+
+            }
+
+        }//end of While loop
+        System.out.println(files);
+
+
+        //write a loop to walk through items in the map
+        for (String key: files.keySet()){
+            int value = files.get(key);
+            System.out.println("word " + key + " appears " + value + " times");
+        }
+
+        for (int value : files.values()){
+            System.out.println(value);
+        }
+        //cant look at value to get the key. only at key to get the value
     }
 }
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