
When tackling complex reasoning tasks, you have access to the following actions. Use them as needed to progress through your thought process.

[ASSESS]

[ADVANCE]

[VERIFY]

[SIMPLIFY]

[SYNTHESIZE]

[PIVOT]

[OUTPUT]

You should strictly follow the format below:

[ACTION NAME]

# Your action step 1

# Your action step 2

# Your action step 3

...

Next action: [NEXT ACTION NAME]


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Rabbits Molly and Max have two offspring—Thumper and Bugs. These four rabbits are to be distributed to three different pet stores so that no store gets both a parent and a child, and at least one store must remain empty. In how many different ways can this be done?
A) 3  
B) 6  
C) 12  
D) 24

Present the answer in LaTex format: \boxed{Your answer}
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