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..a8decec 100644
--- a/src/WordFrequency.java
+++ b/src/WordFrequency.java
@@ -1,5 +1,58 @@
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Scanner;
+import java.util.TreeMap;
+
+/**
+ * This class reads through a text file and counts the number
+ * of times a word occurs in the text file - uses Map, Scanner, and Linked Map classes.
+ *
+ * @author Jasmine David
+ */
 public class WordFrequency {
+
     public static void main(String[] args) {
-        System.out.println("Hello world!");
+        Map<String, Integer> wordCounts = new TreeMap<>();
+        String maxWord = "";
+        int maxCount = 0;
+
+        // create scanner to read the file
+        try(Scanner inFile = new Scanner(new File("tinyTale.txt"))) {
+
+            // grab next word in file and save in String called word
+            while (inFile.hasNext()) {
+                String word = inFile.next();
+
+                // check to see if the word is in the map
+                if (wordCounts.containsKey(word)) { // if in the table
+                    // get the existing value out
+                    int value = wordCounts.get(word);
+                    // increment the value
+                    value++;
+                    // update/put the updated value back in
+                    wordCounts.put(word, value);
+
+                    // Find word with the highest frequency count
+                    if (value > maxCount) {
+                        maxCount = wordCounts.get(word);
+                        maxWord = word;
+                    }
+
+                    } else { // if not in table
+                    // add the word to the map with a value of 1
+                    wordCounts.put(word, 1);
+                }
+            } // end of the while loop
+
+            System.out.println(wordCounts);
+            System.out.println(maxWord + " appeared the most at " + maxCount + " times");
+
+
+        }
+        catch (FileNotFoundException e){
+            System.out.println("ERROR - File Not Found");
+        }
+
     }
 }
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