1$the_cow = <<EOC;
2    $thoughts
3     $thoughts
4      $thoughts
5       $thoughts
6        $thoughts
7              ---._.----
8             /    |     \\
9            /     *      \\
10           (      \@\@      )
11           /   _/-||-\\_   \\
12          /   '/  ||  \\`   \\
13         /    /   ()   \\    \\
14        /    /|        |\\    \\
15        /   / |        | \\   \\
16       /   / /  o    o  \\ \\   \\
17      /   /  (          )  \\   \\
18      <_ ' `--`___'`___'--' ` _>
19     /  '~~---   / = \\  ---~~`  \\
20 ,,,/  /        (  v  )       \\  \\,,,
21 \\ /  /        \@| o o |\@       \\  \\ /
22  \\__/          //////          \\__/
23EOC
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