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@@#**†--,, LETS HEAR IT FOR ,,--†**#@@
#@@#**†--, ††† MC DONALDS ††† ,--†**#@@#
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@#**†--,,, WHAT CAN I DO YA FOR ,,,--†**#@
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**†--,,,,, - CHEESEBURGER - ,,,,,--†**
*†--,,,,,, - NUGGETS - ,,,,,,--†*
†--,,,,,,, - DOUBLE CHEESEBURGER - ,,,,,,,--†
*†--,,,,,, - FRIES - ,,,,,,--†*
**†--,,,,, - CARBONATED WATER - ,,,,,--†**
#**†--,,,, - BEARNAISE DIP SAUCE - ,,,,--†**#
@#**†--,,, - BIG MAC - ,,,--†**#@
@@#**†--,, - COFFEE - ,,--†**#@@
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#**†--,,,, 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. ,,,,,--†**
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@#**†--,,, BUT MARIGOLD DIDN'T CARE. ,,,--†**#@
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#@@#**†--, 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. ,,,,,,--†*
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*†--,,,,,, 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. ,,,--†**#@
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**†--,,,,, 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. ,,,--†**#@
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#@@#**†--, SO SHE HID THE CART, AND DISAPPEARED, ,--†**#@@#
@@#**†--,, FOREVER. ,,--†**#@@
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*†--,,,,,, 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. ,,,--†**#@
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#@@#**†--, 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). ,,,,,--†**
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@#**†--,,, ANGRY AT EVERYONE FOR NOT UNDERSTANDING ,,,--†**#@
@@#**†--,, HIS FOOD, HE VOWED TO LEAVE ,,--†**#@@
#@@#**†--, KIRUGU VARGIR ENTIERLY. ,--†**#@@#
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@#**†--,,, WHICH HE DID. ,,,--†**#@
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†--,,,,,,, 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! ,--†**#@@#
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@#**†--,,, 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. ,,,,,--†**
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#@@#**†--, AND THE REST IS HISTORY! ,--†**#@@#
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