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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 - ,,,,,,-~=%
$%=~-,,,,, - CARBONATED WATER - ,,,,,-~=%$
#$%=~-,,,, - BEARNAISE DIP SAUCE - ,,,,-~=%$#
##$%=~-,,, - BIG MAC - ,,,-~=%$##
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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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