diff --git a/day12/src/node.rs b/day12/src/node.rs
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+#[derive(Debug, Default, Clone)]
+pub struct Node {
+    pub idx: usize,
+    pub parents: Vec<usize>,
+    pub children: Vec<Node>,
+}
+
+impl Node {
+    pub fn new(idx: usize) -> Self {
+        Node {
+            idx,
+            ..Node::default()
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub fn add_child(&mut self, value: usize) -> &mut Self {
+        let mut child = Node::new(value);
+        child.parents.append(&mut self.parents.clone());
+        child.parents.push(self.idx);
+
+        self.append(child);
+
+        self.children
+            .last_mut()
+            .unwrap()
+    }
+
+    fn append(&mut self, node: Node) -> &mut Self {
+        self.children.push(node);
+
+        self
+    }
+
+    fn is_leaf(&self) -> bool {
+        self.children.is_empty()
+    }
+
+    pub fn contains(&self, value: usize) -> bool {
+        if self.idx == value {
+            return true;
+        }
+
+        self.parents.contains(&value)
+    }
+
+    pub fn get_leaves(&self) -> Vec<&Node> {
+        if self.is_leaf() {
+            return vec![self];
+        }
+
+        let mut leaves = Vec::new();
+
+        let children = self
+            .children
+            .iter();
+
+        for child in children {
+            let mut child_leaves = child.get_leaves();
+            leaves.append(&mut child_leaves);
+        }
+
+        leaves
+    }
+
+    pub fn get_len(&self) -> usize {
+        self.parents.len()
+    }
+}
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