def read(*parts):
    """
    Build an absolute path from *parts* and and return the contents of the
    resulting file.  Assume UTF-8 encoding.
    """
    with codecs.open(os.path.join(HERE, *parts), "rb", "utf-8") as f:
        return f.read()
def kth(root, k):
    if k < size(root.left):
        return kth(root.left, k)
    elif k > size(root.left):
        return kth(root.right, k - size(root.left) - 1)
    return root.key