input: Write a function to take a dictionary as an argument and return the count of each item in the dictionary. If the dictionary is empty, return an empty dictionary.
  def item_counts(fruits):
      counts = {}
      for k, v in fruits.items():
          counts[k] = v
      return counts
  
  assert item_counts({"apples": 5, "oranges": 6, "bananas": 7}) == {"apples": 5, "oranges": 6, "bananas": 7}
  assert item_counts({"carrots": 8, "grapes": 12}) == {"carrots": 8, "grapes": 12}
  assert item_counts({}) == {}
output: def item_counts(fruits):
      return fruits