#include <bits/stdc++.h>
using namespace std;
int main() {
// your code goes here
int t;
cin>>t;
while(t--)
{
string s;
cin>>s;
int k=0,l=s.size(),f=1,t=l/2;
string a;
a=s;
for(int i=0;s[i];i++)
{
if(f)
{
a[t+k]=s[i];
k++;
f=1-f;
}
else
{
a[t-k]=s[i];
f=1-f;
}
}
//if(l%2==0)
// reverse(a.begin(),a.end());
cout<<a<<endl;
}
return 0;
}
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