Build an absolute path from parts array and and return the contents
    of the resulting file.  Assume UTF-8 encoding.

def read(parts):
    """
    Build an absolute path from parts array and and return the contents
    of the resulting file.  Assume UTF-8 encoding.
    """
    cur_dir = os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(__file__))
    with codecs.open(os.path.join(cur_dir, *parts), "rb", "utf-8") as f:
        return f.read()