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..--^*£&¶# .. -- -- THE GOLDEN -- -- .. #¶&£*^--..
...--^*£&¶ ##¶&£* M *£&¶## ¶&£*^--...
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.....--^*£ LETS HEAR IT FOR £*^--.....
......--^* ^^^ MC DONALDS ^^^ *^--......
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......--^* WHAT CAN I DO YA FOR *^--......
.....--^*£ £*^--.....
....--^*£& - 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. #¶&£*^--..
...--^*£&¶ ¶&£*^--...
....--^*£& 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. *^--......
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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! *^--......
.......--^ ^--.......
......--^* 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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