def run(self):
        """
        1. count the words for each of the :py:meth:`~.InputText.output` targets created by :py:class:`~.InputText`
        2. write the count into the :py:meth:`~.WordCount.output` target
        """
        count = {}

        # NOTE: self.input() actually returns an element for the InputText.output() target
        for f in self.input():  # The input() method is a wrapper around requires() that returns Target objects
            for line in f.open('r'):  # Target objects are a file system/format abstraction and this will return a file stream object
                for word in line.strip().split():
                    count[word] = count.get(word, 0) + 1

        # output data
        f = self.output().open('w')
        for word, count in six.iteritems(count):
            f.write("%s\t%d\n" % (word, count))
        f.close()