#include<stdio.h>
#include<string.h>
#include<queue>
using namespace std;
const int maxn = 100;
struct node{
int x, y;
int step;
}S, T, Node;
int n, m;
char maze[maxn][maxn]; // 迷宫信息
bool inq[maxn][maxn] = {
false};
int X[4] = {
0, 0, 1, -1};
int Y[4] = {
1, -1, 0, 0}; // 增量数组
bool test(int x, int y)
{
if(x >= n || x < 0 || y >= m || y < 0) return false;
if(maze[x][y] == '*') return false;
if(inq[x][y] == true) return false;
return true;
}
int BFS()
{
queue<node> Q;
Q.push(S);
while(!Q.empty())
{
node top = Q.front();
Q.pop();
if(top.x == T.x && top.y == T.y) return top.step;
for(int i = 0; i < 4; i++)
{
int newX = top.x + X[i];
int newY = top.y + Y[i];
if(test(newX, newY))
{
Node.x = newX;
Node.y = newY;
Node.step = top.step + 1;
Q.push(Node);
inq[newX][newY] = true;
}
}
}
return -1;
}
int main()
{
scanf("%d%d", &n, &m);
for(int i = 0; i < n; i++)
{
scanf("%s", maze[i]);
}
scanf("%d%d%d%d", &S.x, &S.y, &T.x, &T.y);
S.step = 0;
printf("%d", BFS());
return 0;
}