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## acsii picture from http://www.ascii-art.de/ascii/ab/bear.txt
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$the_cow = <<EOC;
 $thoughts
  $thoughts
     .--.              .--.
    : (\\ ". _......_ ." /) :
     '.    `        `    .'
      /'   _        _   `\\
     /     $eye}      {$eye     \\
    |       /      \\       |
    |     /'        `\\     |
     \\   | .  .==.  . |   /
      '._ \\.' \\__/ './ _.'
      /  ``'._-''-_.'``  \\
EOC