Appending file contents to a new file

I'm just starting out with Python but I'm stuck already and can't proceed unless I understand how this works.  I'm trying to append the contents of two files to a new file.  Each of the two source files has only a few simple lines of text (words separated by spaces) with Unix line returns, but no commas or other delimiters (I will try to work with more complex files later).  

I understand that these strings are read in as lists but cannot find a way to print lists that are read from a file. I tried using "for line in src1:" followed by a print statement but got a syntax error.  My most recent attempt at a script is attached below.  The errors are:  

File "./test.py", line 11, in ?
    print src1.read(output1)
TypeError: an integer is required

File "./test.py", line 12, in ?
    src1.write(output1)
TypeError: argument 1 must be string or read-only character buffer, not list

I don't think I should need to define a method unless I'm trying to strip quotation marks, line returns or white spaces.  Let me know what I'm missing, thanks
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#! /usr/bin/python
 
import string, sys, fileinput
 
src1=open('my_src1.txt', 'r')
output1 = src1.readlines()
src2=open('my_src2.txt', 'r')
output2 = src2.readlines()
dest = open( 'my_dest.txt', 'a' )
print src1.read(output1)  
src1.write(output1)
src1.close()
print src2.read(output2)
src2.write(output2)
src2.close()
dest.close()