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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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