#include <iostream>
#include <string>	// Terminal users don't need this line,
			// but VS users might need it to compile.
using namespace std;

// This assignment is worth 4 points.

string str0;

int main()
{
	cout << "Enter a word: ";
	cin >> str0;

	cout << str0.substr(1, str0.length()-2) << endl;
	/*
	 * The first number is 1 because we want to start at the
	 * second letter to effectively erase the first. The second
	 * number is length() - 2 because the substring length
	 * should always be 2 characters less than the whole length
	 * since we're taking off exactly two characters from the
	 * string: the first and the last. 
	 */
	return 0;
}