diff --git a/pkg/arvo/ted/read.hoon b/pkg/arvo/ted/read.hoon
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+/-  spider
+/+  strandio
+=,  strand=strand:spider
+^-  thread:spider
+|=  arg=vase
+=/  m  (strand ,vase)
+^-  form:m
+::  Parse arguments as ship, desk, and path
+::
+=+  !<([=target=path ~] arg)
+::  Read the file, possibly asyncrhonously
+::
+;<  =bowl:spider  bind:m  get-bowl:strandio
+;<  =riot:clay  bind:m
+  (warp:strandio our.bowl %home ~ %next %a [%da now.bowl] target-path)
+?~  riot
+  ~&  %nothing
+  (pure:m !>("nothing"))
+%-  (slog leaf+"got writ" (sell !<(vase q.r.u.riot)) ~)
+(pure:m !<(vase q.r.u.riot))