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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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