diff --git a/kjg/python-the-hard-way/e23.py b/kjg/python-the-hard-way/e23.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9d9b3ff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kjg/python-the-hard-way/e23.py
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+import sys
+script, input_encoding, error = sys.argv
+
+
+def main(language_file, encoding, errors):
+    line = language_file.readline()
+    if line:
+        print_line(line, encoding, errors)
+        return main(language_file, encoding, errors)
+    
+
+def print_line(line, encoding, errors):
+    next_lang = line.strip()
+    raw_bytes = next_lang.encode(encoding, errors=errors)
+    cooked_string = raw_bytes.decode(encoding, errors=errors)
+
+    print(raw_bytes, "<===>", cooked_string)
+
+
+languages = open("languages.txt", encoding="utf-8")
+
+main(languages, input_encoding, error)
diff --git a/kjg/python-the-hard-way/languages.txt b/kjg/python-the-hard-way/languages.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6d47317
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kjg/python-the-hard-way/languages.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,97 @@
+Afrikaans
+አማርኛ
+Аҧсшәа
+العربية
+Aragonés
+Arpetan
+Azərbaycanca
+Bamanankan
+বাংলা
+Bân-lâm-gú
+Беларуская
+Български
+Boarisch
+Bosanski
+Буряад
+Català
+Чӑвашла
+Čeština
+Cymraeg
+Dansk
+Deutsch
+Eesti
+Ελληνικά
+Español
+Esperanto
+فارسی
+Français
+Frysk
+Gaelg
+Gàidhlig
+Galego
+한국어
+Հայերեն
+हिन्दी
+Hrvatski
+Ido
+Interlingua
+Italiano
+עברית
+ಕನ್ನಡ
+Kapampangan
+ქართული
+Қазақша
+Kreyòl ayisyen
+Latgaļu
+Latina
+Latviešu
+Lëtzebuergesch
+Lietuvių
+Magyar
+Македонски
+Malti
+मराठी
+მარგალური
+مازِرونی
+Bahasa Melayu
+Монгол
+Nederlands
+नेपाल भाषा
+日本語
+Norsk bokmål
+Nouormand
+Occitan
+Oʻzbekcha/ўзбекча
+ਪੰਜਾਬੀ
+پنجابی
+پښتو
+Plattdüütsch
+Polski
+Português
+Română
+Romani
+Русский
+Seeltersk
+Shqip
+Simple English
+Slovenčina
+کوردیی ناوەندی
+Српски / srpski
+Suomi
+Svenska
+Tagalog
+தமிழ்
+ภาษาไทย
+Taqbaylit
+Татарча/tatarça
+తెలుగు
+Тоҷикӣ
+Türkçe
+Українська
+اردو
+Tiếng Việt
+Võro
+文言
+吴语
+ייִדיש
+中文
diff --git a/kjg/python-the-hard-way/new.py b/kjg/python-the-hard-way/new.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c29f232
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kjg/python-the-hard-way/new.py
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+arg1 = "t"
+arg2 = "t1"
+a = f"arg1: {arg1}, arg2: {arg2}"
+print(a)
+b = "arg1: {arg1}, arg2: {arg2}"
+print(b)
diff --git a/kjg/python.org b/kjg/python.org
index d631490..9073e89 100644
--- a/kjg/python.org
+++ b/kjg/python.org
@@ -101,3 +101,6 @@ repeat from ex1 to ex21
 " # () ' + . < ? , = / % - * {} \n \t 
 open read close truncate def return print
 
+*** Python #3:
+**** ex23
+How to use encode and decode