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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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