diff --git a/jeff_eng/file_read.js b/jeff_eng/file_read.js
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+const EventEmitter = require('events').EventEmitter;
+const fs = require('fs');
+const ee = new EventEmitter();
+
+var fileText;
+
+fs.readFile('./one.txt', (err, data) => {
+  if (err) return console.log(err);
+  fileText = data.toString('hex', 0, 16);
+  console.log(fileText, 'first text file');
+  ee.emit('test-event', (data) => {
+    console.log('EVENT EMITTED ' + data);
+  });
+});
+
+ee.on('test-event', (data) => {
+  fs.readFile('./two.txt', (err, data) => {
+    if (err) return console.log(err);
+    fileText = data.toString('hex', 0, 16);
+    console.log(fileText, 'second text file');
+    ee.emit('second-test-event', (data) => {
+      console.log('SECOND EVENT EMITTED ' + data);
+  });
+});
+
+ee.on('second-test-event', (data) => {
+  fs.readFile('./three.txt', (err, data) => {
+    if (err) return console.log(err);
+    fileText = data.toString('hex', 0, 16);
+    console.log(fileText, 'third text file');
+  });
diff --git a/jeff_eng/one.txt b/jeff_eng/one.txt
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+++ b/jeff_eng/one.txt
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+Hello!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
diff --git a/jeff_eng/three.txt b/jeff_eng/three.txt
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+++ b/jeff_eng/three.txt
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+Code Fellows ROCKS
diff --git a/jeff_eng/two.txt b/jeff_eng/two.txt
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+++ b/jeff_eng/two.txt
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+World!!!!!!!