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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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