,,,,~«=$*# #*$=«~,,,,
,,,,,~«=$* *$=«~,,,,,
,,,,,,~«=$ $=«~,,,,,,
,,,,,,,~«= =«~,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,~« «~,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,~«= ,, ~~ «« THE GOLDEN «« ~~ ,, =«~,,,,,,,
,,,,,,~«=$ #@##*$ 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! *$=«~,,,,,
,,,,~«=$*# #*$=«~,,,,
,,,~«=$*## ##*$=«~,,,
,,~«=$*##@ @##*$=«~,,
,~«=$*##@# #@##*$=«~,
,,~«=$*##@ @##*$=«~,,