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+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+
+
+class Canvas:
+    ''' For drawing text-based figures '''
+
+    def __init__(self, width=12, height=12, fill=' '):
+        self._buffer = []
+        for _ in range(height):
+            line = []
+            for _ in range(width):
+                line.append(fill[0])
+            self._buffer.append(line)
+
+    def draw(self):
+        for line  in self._buffer:
+            # Joining by the empty string ('') smooshes all of the
+            # individual characters together as one line.
+            print(''.join(line))
+
+    def put(self, character, y, x):
+        # In an effort to avoid distorting the drawn image, only write the
+        # first character of the given string to the buffer.
+        self._buffer[y][x] = character[0]
+
+
+def play():
+    canvas = Canvas()
+    canvas.put('-', 2, 5)
+    canvas.put('-', 2, 6)
+    canvas.put('-', 2, 7)
+    canvas.put('(', 3, 4)
+    canvas.put('.', 3, 5)
+    canvas.put('.', 3, 7)
+    canvas.put(')', 3, 8)
+    canvas.put('-', 4, 5)
+    canvas.put('-', 4, 6)
+    canvas.put('-', 4, 7)
+    canvas.draw()
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    play()