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Solve the following problem using Python, implementing the functions described below, one line at a time
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Description:
 def head(self, lines=10):
 """\ Return the top lines of the file. """

        self.seek(0)

        for i in range(lines):
            if not self.seek_line_forward():
                break
    
        end_pos = self.file.tell()
        
        self.seek(0)
        data = self.file.read(end_pos - 1)

        if data:
            return self.splitlines(data)
        else:
            return []