$the_cow = <<"EOC";
   $thoughts       {_}
    $thoughts      / \\
          /   \\
         /_____\\
       {`_______`}
        // . . \\\\
       (/(__7__)\\)
       |'-' = `-'|
       |         |
       /\\       /\\
      /  '.   .'  \\
     /_/   `"`   \\_\\
    {__}###[_]###{__}
    (_/\\_________/\\_)
        |___|___|
         |--|--|
        (__)`(__)
EOC