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@&=/--~~~. .~~~--/=&@
##@&¤=/-~. .. ~~ -- THE GOLDEN -- ~~ .. .~-/=¤&@##
&&¤/~~~~.. ##@&¤= M =¤&@## ..~~~~/¤&&
##@&¤=/-~. .~-/=¤&@##
&=-....... LETS HEAR IT FOR .......-=&
##@&¤=/-~. /// MC DONALDS /// .~-/=¤&@##
@@&&¤=/-~. .~-/=¤&&@@
#&¤¤/~.... WHAT CAN I DO YA FOR ....~/¤¤&#
@¤¤/-~.... ....~-/¤¤@
##@&¤=/-~. ~ CHEESEBURGER ~ .~-/=¤&@##
&===//~... ~ NUGGETS ~ ...~//===&
@&&¤==/-~. ~ DOUBLE CHEESEBURGER ~ .~-/==¤&&@
#@&&¤=/-~. ~ FRIES ~ .~-/=¤&&@#
#&&=/~.... ~ CARBONATED WATER ~ ....~/=&&#
#&¤¤¤=/-~. ~ BEARNAISE DIP SAUCE ~ .~-/=¤¤¤&#
&=/---.... ~ BIG MAC ~ ....---/=&
&¤//~..... ~ COFFEE ~ .....~//¤&
##@&¤=/-~. .~-/=¤&@##
##@&¤=/-~. &&&&& / &&&&& .~-/=¤&@##
##@&¤=/-~. .~-/=¤&@##
&&¤==-~... IT ALL BEGAN A THOUSAND YEARS AGO IN ...~-==¤&&
#@¤¤¤=/-~. LIKE THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY. A DARK .~-/=¤¤¤@#
&===-~~~.. FIGURE EMERGED FROM A TAVERN AFTER A ..~~~-===&
&&=/~~.... FEW YEARS APPRENTICESHIP, WITH AN IDEA. ....~~/=&&
#@¤=/~~... IT WAS ILLEGAL TO SELL FOOD IN THE ...~~/=¤@#
@&&¤/~~... REGION FOR EVERYBODY EXCEPT THAT TAVERN. ...~~/¤&&@
###@¤=/-~. .~-/=¤@###
#@¤/---... BUT MARIGOLD DIDN'T CARE. ...---/¤@#
&==/~~.... ....~~/==&
@&¤¤/~.... SHE BEGAN PUTTING DRIED LIZARD MEAT ....~/¤¤&@
@¤==-..... BETWEEN TWO BREAD SLICES, OPERATING OUT .....-==¤@
&==---~... OF A CART, NOT STAYING IN THE SAME ...~---==&
###&¤=/-~. PLACE LONG. IN THE DAY SHE SLEPT, IN .~-/=¤&###
##@&¤=/-~. THE EVE SHE SOLD HER WARES, AND IN THE .~-/=¤&@##
#&=/-..... NIGHT SHE POACHED. .....-/=&#
##@&¤=/-~. .~-/=¤&@##
##@&¤=/-~. AFTER A FEW YEARS, MARIGOLDS FOOD CART .~-/=¤&@##
##@&¤=/-~. HAD A REPUTATION. SHE CALLED IT .~-/=¤&@##
#&&¤¤=/-~. ~. THE GOLDEN M .~ .~-/=¤¤&&#
@@¤¤/~.... AND PEOPLE TALKED ABOUT THE GOLDEN M. ....~/¤¤@@
&¤/-...... THE OLD TAVERN HAD THEIR MONOPOLY AND ......-/¤&
&&=-~~.... DIDN'T CHANGE THEIR MENU MUCH. ....~~-=&&
&¤=/~..... MARIGOLDS SECRET LIZARD FOODCART WAS .....~/=¤&
##@&¤=/-~. NEW AND FRESH. .~-/=¤&@##
#@@&¤=/-~. .~-/=¤&@@#
#&=-~..... HOWEVER, SHE BECAME A LITTLE TOO WELL .....~-=&#
&=-~...... KNOWN. THE TAVERNS MEN HOT ON HER ......~-=&
##@&¤=/-~. TRAIL, SHE COULD STAY A SHORTER AND .~-/=¤&@##
&&¤/-..... SHORTER TIME IN EACH LOCATION. SHE FELT .....-/¤&&
###@¤=/-~. HUNTED. AND SOON ENOUGH THERE CAME A .~-/=¤@###
@&&¤/~.... TIME WHEN THEY STARTED WATCHING FOR HER ....~/¤&&@
&==/~~.... AT THE GATES OF EVERY VILLAGE. ....~~/==&
&¤¤¤=/~... ...~/=¤¤¤&
@¤¤=/~.... SO SHE HID THE CART, AND DISAPPEARED, ....~/=¤¤@
@@@&¤=/-~. FOREVER. .~-/=¤&@@@
##@&¤=/-~. .~-/=¤&@##
##@&¤=/-~. &&& / &&& .~-/=¤&@##
#@@&¤=/-~. .~-/=¤&@@#
##@&¤=/-~. AFTER THIRTY YEARS, A MAN NAMED .~-/=¤&@##
##@&¤=/-~. NICHOLAS FOUND THE CART. HE WAS A .~-/=¤&@##
##@&¤=/-~. CURSED ENTREPRENEUR (THEY ALL ARE .~-/=¤&@##
&&¤/~..... (CURSED, I MEAN)) AND AS SUCH HE OF .....~/¤&&
&&==-~~~.. COURSE THOUGHT IT A GOOD IDEA TO FOLLOW ..~~~-==&&
#@@&¤=/-~. IN MARIGOLDS FOODSTEPS. .~-/=¤&@@#
###&¤=/-~. .~-/=¤&###
##@&¤=/-~. HE WASN'T ALL THAT OF A COOK, AND EVEN .~-/=¤&@##
###&¤=/-~. THOUGH SOME RECOGNIZED THE GOLDEN M, HE .~-/=¤&###
@&&¤=//-~. QUICKLY FELL INTO INFAMITY. HOWEVER HE .~-//=¤&&@
##@&¤=/-~. WAS KIND OF A HARDHAT AND DIDN'T STOP .~-/=¤&@##
&=//-..... TRYING. THE TAVERN DIDN'T CARE FOR HIM .....-//=&
#@@&¤=/-~. SINCE NOBODY BOUGHT HIS FOOD ANYWAY .~-/=¤&@@#
##@&¤=/-~. (AND ALSO THEY HAD EXPANDED TOO .~-/=¤&@##
@¤/~...... QUICKLY, SUCCUMBED TO CORRUPTION, AND ......~/¤@
&=-~~..... WAS IN THE PROCESS OF FALLING APART). .....~~-=&
&¤¤=//~... ...~//=¤¤&
##@&¤=/-~. ANGRY AT EVERYONE FOR NOT UNDERSTANDING .~-/=¤&@##
##@&¤=/-~. HIS FOOD, HE VOWED TO LEAVE .~-/=¤&@##
&&=----~.. KIRUGU VARGIR ENTIERLY. ..~----=&&
@¤///-~... ...~-///¤@
##@&¤=/-~. WHICH HE DID. .~-/=¤&@##
#@@&¤=/-~. .~-/=¤&@@#
@@¤==-~... && / && ...~-==¤@@
#&=-~..... .....~-=&#
###@&=/-~. WE DONT KNOW MUCH ABOUT HOW HE TRAVELED .~-/=&@###
##@&¤=/-~. OR WHERE, BUT EVENTUALLY HE ENDED UP ON .~-/=¤&@##
@&==//~... EARTH IN THE FIFTIES. ...~//==&@
##@&¤=/-~. UPON FINDING OUT THAT EARTH HOLDS NO .~-/=¤&@##
##@&¤=/-~. EDIBLE LIZARDS, HE SETTLED FOR COW MEAT .~-/=¤&@##
##@&¤=/-~. INSTEAD, AND TO HIS JOY, THE EARTH FOLK .~-/=¤&@##
&¤====/-~. LIKED IT! .~-/====¤&
##@&¤=/-~. .~-/=¤&@##
@@&=-..... THEN HE GOT SCAMMED OUT OF THE CART BY .....-=&@@
&=-....... A MAN NAMED MICKEY MAC DONALDS, WHO .......-=&
###@¤=/-~. RENAMED THE BUSINESS AFTER HIMSELF. .~-/=¤@###
##@&¤=/-~. WHILE NICHOLAS QUICKLY PERISHED, MICKEY .~-/=¤&@##
##@&¤=/-~. FUNNELED HIS INHERITED BILLIONS INTO .~-/=¤&@##
&¤=/~~~... THE PROJECT, AND QUICKLY EXPANDED ALL ...~~~/=¤&
##@&¤=/-~. OVER THE PLANET. .~-/=¤&@##
##@&¤=/-~. .~-/=¤&@##
##@&¤=/-~. & / & .~-/=¤&@##
&=//-~.... ....~-//=&
@¤=//-.... AND THE REST IS HISTORY! ....-//=¤@
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