diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 3c3629e64..62a93da39 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1 +1,5 @@
 node_modules
+.DS_Store
+__pycache__/
+*.pyc
+node_modules
diff --git a/implement-cowsay/cow.py b/implement-cowsay/cow.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8243f2477
--- /dev/null
+++ b/implement-cowsay/cow.py
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+import cowsay
+import argparse
+
+parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
+    prog="cowsay",
+    description="Simple cowsay clone",
+)
+parser.add_argument("--animal",choices=cowsay.char_names, help="The animal to be saying things.")
+
+parser.add_argument("message",nargs="+", help="Message to be displayed by the cow")
+args = parser.parse_args()
+
+
+msg=" ".join(args.message)
+if args.animal is None:
+       print(cowsay.get_output_string("cow", msg))
+
+else:
+    print(cowsay.get_output_string(args.animal, msg))
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