"e;Marla"e; is a realistic, sensitive, tragic, yet humanely told life story of a Brown Swiss dairy cow with appreciation and recognition of the relationship between farmer/rancher and the animals in their care. Though some liberties have been necessarily taken, the story is told from the cow's perceptive much like Anna Sewell's story of "e;Black Beauty"e; a horse--loved, then abused and later rescued and Richard Adams' portrayal of the journey of a colony of rabbits in "e;Watership Down"e;. Those classics sold over 500,000 copies. Years later, new generations, still buy and read these books. Whether human or animal, one s surroundings and circumstances effect development, personality, soul, and heart. It is the authors hope that enlightenment regarding cows may spark wisdom and nurture kindness toward all creatures.