my %hash =
( "Abe" => 
    { "lastname" => "Lincoln", 
      "friends" => 
        { "George" => 
            { "lastname" => "Washington", 
              "wife"     => "Martha"
            }
          "James" =>
            { "lastname" => "Madison", 
              "wife"     => "Dolly"
            }
        },
    },
  "Franklin" =>
    { "lastname" => "Roosevelt", 
      "wife" => "Eleanor"
    }
)