code: def read(archives):  # method?
      """read stored functions from the list of dbs
  
      Args:
          archives (list[string]): list of names of function archives
  
      Returns:
          a klepto.archive instance
  
      Notes:
          The order of the dbs is important, with the index of ``archives``
          corresponding to the desired axis. If a db is empty, returns ``None``
          for the empty db. Also, a klepto.archive instance can be provided
          instead of the ``name`` of the db.
      """
      if isinstance(archives, (str, ("").__class__)):
          archives = db(archives)
      if type(archives).__module__.startswith("klepto."):
          f = rb.read_func(db(archives))
          if f is None:
              return f
          f = f[0]
          if not hasattr(f, "__axis__"):
              f.__axis__ = None
          return f
      from mystic.math.interpolate import interpf
  
      f = interpf(
          [[1, 2], [2, 3]], [[1, 2], [2, 3]], method="thin_plate"
      )
      f.__axis__[:] = [
          (i if i is None else i[0])
          for i in map(rb.read_func, map(db, archives))
      ]
      return f
  
imports: from .None import archive
label_desc: Use image node_id 3 for calling a global function with example usage: read(archives) and returns: f, f, f