// >>> TEMPLATES
#include <bits/stdc++.h>
using namespace std;
using ll = long long;
using ld = long double;
using i32 = int32_t;
using i64 = int64_t;
using u32 = uint32_t;
using u64 = uint64_t;
#define int ll
using pii = pair<int, int>;
#define rep(i, n) if (const int _rep_n = n; true) for (int i = 0; i < _rep_n; i++)
#define rep1(i, n) if (const int _rep_n = n; true) for (int i = 1; i <= _rep_n; i++)
#define repR(i, n) for (int i = (int)(n)-1; i >= 0; i--)
#define rep1R(i, n) for (int i = (int)(n); i >= 1; i--)
#define loop(i, a, B) for (int i = a; i B; i++)
#define loopR(i, a, B) for (int i = a; i B; i--)
#define all(x) begin(x), end(x)
#define allR(x) rbegin(x), rend(x)
#define pb push_back
#define eb emplace_back
#define fst first
#define snd second
template <class Int> auto constexpr inf_ = numeric_limits<Int>::max()/2-1;
auto constexpr INF32 = inf_<int32_t>;
auto constexpr INF64 = inf_<int64_t>;
auto constexpr INF   = inf_<int>;
#ifdef LOCAL
#include "debug.hpp"
#define oj_local(x, y) (y)
#else
#define dump(...) (void)(0)
#define debug if (0)
#define oj_local(x, y) (x)
#endif
template <class T, class Comp> struct pque : priority_queue<T, vector<T>, Comp> { vector<T> &data() { return this->c; } void clear() { this->c.clear(); } };
template <class T> using pque_max = pque<T, less<T>>;
template <class T> using pque_min = pque<T, greater<T>>;
template <class T, class = typename T::iterator, enable_if_t<!is_same<T, string>::value, int> = 0>
ostream& operator<<(ostream& os, T const& a) { bool f = true; for (auto const& x : a) os << (f ? "" : " ") << x, f = false; return os; }
template <class T, size_t N, enable_if_t<!is_same<T, char>::value, int> = 0>
ostream& operator<<(ostream& os, const T (&a)[N]) { bool f = true; for (auto const& x : a) os << (f ? "" : " ") << x, f = false; return os; }
template <class T, class = decltype(begin(declval<T&>())), class = typename enable_if<!is_same<T, string>::value>::type>
istream& operator>>(istream& is, T &a) { for (auto& x : a) is >> x; return is; }
template <class T, class S> ostream& operator<<(ostream& os, pair<T, S> const& p) { return os << p.first << " " << p.second; }
template <class T, class S> istream& operator>>(istream& is, pair<T, S>& p) { return is >> p.first >> p.second; }
template <class... T> ostream& operator<<(ostream& os, tuple<T...> const& t)
{ bool f = true; apply([&](auto&&... x) { ((os << (f ? f = false, "" : " ") << x), ...); }, t); return os; }
template <class... T> istream& operator>>(istream& is, tuple<T...>& t) { apply([&](auto&&... x) { ((is >> x), ...); }, t); return is; }
struct IOSetup { IOSetup() { cin.tie(nullptr); ios::sync_with_stdio(false); cout << fixed << setprecision(15); } } iosetup;
template <class F> struct FixPoint : private F {
    constexpr FixPoint(F&& f) : F(forward<F>(f)) {}
    template <class... T> constexpr auto operator()(T&&... x) const { return F::operator()(*this, forward<T>(x)...); }
};
struct MakeFixPoint { template <class F> constexpr auto operator|(F&& f) const { return FixPoint<F>(forward<F>(f)); } };
#define def(name, ...) auto name = MakeFixPoint() | [&](auto &&name, __VA_ARGS__)
template <class T, size_t d> struct vec_impl {
    using type = vector<typename vec_impl<T, d-1>::type>;
    template <class... U> static type make_v(size_t n, U&&... x) { return type(n, vec_impl<T, d-1>::make_v(forward<U>(x)...)); }
};
template <class T> struct vec_impl<T, 0> { using type = T; static type make_v(T const& x = {}) { return x; } };
template <class T, size_t d = 1> using vec = typename vec_impl<T, d>::type;
template <class T, size_t d = 1, class... Args> auto make_v(Args&&... args) { return vec_impl<T, d>::make_v(forward<Args>(args)...); }
template <class T> void quit(T const& x) { cout << x << '\n'; exit(0); }
template <class T, class U> constexpr bool chmin(T& x, U const& y) { if (x > (T)y) { x = (T)y; return true; } return false; }
template <class T, class U> constexpr bool chmax(T& x, U const& y) { if (x < (T)y) { x = (T)y; return true; } return false; }
template <class It> constexpr auto sumof(It b, It e) { return accumulate(b, e, typename iterator_traits<It>::value_type{}); }
template <class T, class = decltype(begin(declval<T&>()))> constexpr auto min(T const& a) { return *min_element(begin(a), end(a)); }
template <class T, class = decltype(begin(declval<T&>()))> constexpr auto max(T const& a) { return *max_element(begin(a), end(a)); }
template <class T> constexpr T min(set<T> const& st) { assert(st.size()); return *st.begin(); }
template <class T> constexpr T max(set<T> const& st) { assert(st.size()); return *prev(st.end()); }
template <class T> constexpr T min(multiset<T> const& st) { assert(st.size()); return *st.begin(); }
template <class T> constexpr T max(multiset<T> const& st) { assert(st.size()); return *prev(st.end()); }
constexpr ll max(signed x, ll y) { return max<ll>(x, y); }
constexpr ll max(ll x, signed y) { return max<ll>(x, y); }
constexpr ll min(signed x, ll y) { return min<ll>(x, y); }
constexpr ll min(ll x, signed y) { return min<ll>(x, y); }
template <class T> int sz(T const& x) { return x.size(); }
template <class C, class T> int lbd(C const& v, T const& x) { return lower_bound(begin(v), end(v), x)-begin(v); }
template <class C, class T> int ubd(C const& v, T const& x) { return upper_bound(begin(v), end(v), x)-begin(v); }
constexpr ll mod(ll x, ll m) { assert(m > 0); return (x %= m) < 0 ? x+m : x; }
constexpr ll div_floor(ll x, ll y) { assert(y != 0); return x/y - ((x^y) < 0 and x%y); }
constexpr ll div_ceil(ll x, ll y) { assert(y != 0); return x/y + ((x^y) > 0 and x%y); }
constexpr int dx[] = { 1, 0, -1, 0, 1, -1, -1, 1 };
constexpr int dy[] = { 0, 1, 0, -1, 1, 1, -1, -1 };
auto four_nbd(int n, int m) {
    static vector<pair<int, int>> v;
    return [n, m](int i, int j) {
        const int dx[] = { 1, 0, -1, 0 }, dy[] = { 0, 1, 0, -1 };
        v.clear();
        rep (dir, 4) {
            int ni = i+dx[dir], nj = j+dy[dir];
            if (0 <= ni and ni < n and 0 <= nj and nj < m) {
                v.emplace_back(ni, nj);
            }
        }
        return v;
    };
};
template <class Comp> vector<int> iota(int n, Comp comp) {
    vector<int> idx(n);
    iota(begin(idx), end(idx), 0);
    stable_sort(begin(idx), end(idx), comp);
    return idx;
}
constexpr int popcnt(ll x) { return __builtin_popcountll(x); }
mt19937_64 seed_{random_device{}()};
template <class Int> Int rand(Int a, Int b) { return uniform_int_distribution<Int>(a, b)(seed_); }
i64 irand(i64 a, i64 b) { return rand<i64>(a, b); } // [a, b]
u64 urand(u64 a, u64 b) { return rand<u64>(a, b); } //
template <class It> void shuffle(It l, It r) { shuffle(l, r, seed_); }
template <class V> V &operator--(V &v) { for (auto &x : v) --x; return v; }
template <class V> V &operator++(V &v) { for (auto &x : v) ++x; return v; }
bool next_product(vector<int> &v, int m) {
    repR (i, v.size()) if (++v[i] < m) return true; else v[i] = 0;
    return false;
}
bool next_product(vector<int> &v, vector<int> const& s) {
    repR (i, v.size()) if (++v[i] < s[i]) return true; else v[i] = 0;
    return false;
}
template <class vec> int sort_unique(vec &v) {
    sort(begin(v), end(v));
    v.erase(unique(begin(v), end(v)), end(v));
    return v.size();
}
template <class It> auto prefix_sum(It l, It r) {
    vector<typename It::value_type> s = { 0 };
    while (l != r) s.emplace_back(s.back() + *l++);
    return s;
}
template <class It> auto suffix_sum(It l, It r) {
    vector<typename It::value_type> s = { 0 };
    while (l != r) s.emplace_back(*--r + s.back());
    reverse(s.begin(), s.end());
    return s;
}
template <class T> T pop(vector<T> &a) { auto x = a.back(); a.pop_back(); return x; }
template <class T> T pop_back(vector<T> &a) { auto x = a.back(); a.pop_back(); return x; }
template <class T, class V, class C> T pop(priority_queue<T, V, C> &a) { auto x = a.top(); a.pop(); return x; }
template <class T> T pop(queue<T> &a) { auto x = a.front(); a.pop(); return x; }
template <class T> T pop_front(deque<T> &a) { auto x = a.front(); a.pop_front(); return x; }
template <class T> T pop_back(deque<T> &a) { auto x = a.back(); a.pop_back(); return x; }
template <class T> T pop_front(set<T> &a) { auto x = *a.begin(); a.erase(a.begin()); return x; }
template <class T> T pop_back(set<T> &a) { auto it = prev(a.end()); auto x = *it; a.erase(it); return x; }
template <class T> T pop_front(multiset<T> &a) { auto it = a.begin(); auto x = *it; a.erase(it); return x; }
template <class T> T pop_back(multiset<T> &a) { auto it = prev(a.end()); auto x = *it; a.erase(it); return x; }
// <<<

int32_t main() {
    int n, m; cin >> n >> m;
    vector<string> s(n); cin >> s;

    string t;
    int i = 0, j = 0;
    t += s[i][j];
    while (true) {
        char c = (i+1 < n ? s[i+1][j] : 'z'+1);
        char d = (j+1 < m ? s[i][j+1] : 'z'+1);
        if (c == d and c == 'z'+1) break;
        if (c <= d) {
            t += c;
            i++;
        } else {
            t += d;
            j++;
        }
    }
    cout << t << '\n';
}