using System;
using System.Collections;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Diagnostics;
using System.IO;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
namespace AtCoder {
    class MainClass {

        string A, B,C;
        void Solve() {
            io.i(out A,out B,out C);

            bool ans = A.Last() == B.First() && B.Last() == C.First();

            io.o(ans ? "YES" : "NO");

        }

        int ManhattanDis(int x1, int y1, int x2, int y2) {
            return Math.Abs(x1 - x2) + Math.Abs(y1 - y2);
        }

        public static void Main(string[] args) { new MainClass().Stream(); }
        IO io = new IO();
        void Stream() { Solve(); io.writeFlush(); }

        class IO {
            string[] nextBuffer; int BufferCnt; char[] cs = new char[] { ' ' };
            StreamWriter sw = new StreamWriter(Console.OpenStandardOutput()) { AutoFlush = false };
            public IO() { nextBuffer = new string[0]; BufferCnt = 0; Console.SetOut(sw); }
            public string next() {
                if (BufferCnt < nextBuffer.Length) return nextBuffer[BufferCnt++];
                string st = Console.ReadLine();
                while (st == "") st = Console.ReadLine();
                nextBuffer = st.Split(cs, StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries);
                BufferCnt = 0;
                return nextBuffer[BufferCnt++];
            }
            public char nextChar() { return char.Parse(next()); }
            public int nextInt() { return int.Parse(next()); }
            public long nextLong() { return long.Parse(next()); }
            public double nextDouble() { return double.Parse(next()); }
            public string[] array() { return Console.ReadLine().Split(' '); }
            public char[] arrayChar() { return Array.ConvertAll(array(), char.Parse); }
            public int[] arrayInt() { return Array.ConvertAll(array(), int.Parse); }
            public long[] arrayLong() { return Array.ConvertAll(array(), long.Parse); }
            public double[] arrayDouble() { return Array.ConvertAll(array(), double.Parse); }
            private bool typeEQ<T, U>() { return typeof(T).Equals(typeof(U)); }
            private T convertType<T, U>(U v) { return (T)Convert.ChangeType(v, typeof(T)); }
            private T suitType<T>(string s) {
                if (typeEQ<T, int>()) return convertType<T, int>(int.Parse(s));
                if (typeEQ<T, long>()) return convertType<T, long>(long.Parse(s));
                if (typeEQ<T, double>()) return convertType<T, double>(double.Parse(s));
                if (typeEQ<T, char>()) return convertType<T, char>(char.Parse(s));
                return convertType<T, string>(s);
            }
            public void i<T>(out T v) { v = suitType<T>(next()); }
            public void i<T, U>(out T v1, out U v2) {
                var a = array(); v1 = suitType<T>(a[0]); v2 = suitType<U>(a[1]);
            }
            public void i<T, U, V>(out T v1, out U v2, out V v3) {
                var a = array(); v1 = suitType<T>(a[0]); v2 = suitType<U>(a[1]);
                v3 = suitType<V>(a[2]);
            }
            public void i<T, U, V, W>(out T v1, out U v2, out V v3, out W v4) {
                var a = array(); v1 = suitType<T>(a[0]); v2 = suitType<U>(a[1]);
                v3 = suitType<V>(a[2]); v4 = suitType<W>(a[3]);
            }
            public void o<T>(T v) { Console.WriteLine(v); }
            public void o<T>(T[] a) { foreach (T v in a) Console.WriteLine(v); }
            public void o<T>(List<T> l) { foreach (T v in l) sw.WriteLine(v); }
            public void writeFlush() { Console.Out.Flush(); }
        }

        class Mathf {
            public int mod = 1000000007;//10^9+7
            public long Pow(long a, long b) {
                if (b == 0) return 1;
                if (b % 2 == 1) return (a % mod * Pow(a % mod, b - 1) % mod) % mod;
                else return Pow(a * a % mod, b / 2) % mod;
            }
            public long Fact(long n) { return n != 0 ? (n % mod * (Fact(n - 1) % mod) % mod) : 1; }
            public long C(long n, long r) {
                if (r == 0 || n == r) return 1;
                else return (Fact(n) % mod * Pow((Fact(n - r) % mod * Fact(r) % mod) % mod, mod - 2) % mod) % mod;
            }
            public int GCD(int a, int b) { if (a < b) Swap(ref a, ref b); return b == 0 ? a : GCD(b, a % b); }
            public int GCD(int[] array) { return array.Aggregate((v, next) => GCD(v, next)); }
            public void Swap<T>(ref T a, ref T b) { T tmp = a; a = b; b = tmp; }
            public T Max<T>(params T[] v) { return v.Max(); }
            public T Min<T>(params T[] v) { return v.Min(); }
        }
    }
}

Measured memory_bytes: 11220