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&&.&&&.... .. :: »» THE GOLDEN »» :: .. &..&.&....
&.&&..&... ##@&¤* M *¤&@## .&.&&&&...
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&..&&&&.&. LETS HEAR IT FOR &&..&..&&.
&&.&...&&& \\\ MC DONALDS \\\ &.&.&&.&.&
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&.&..&.&&. WHAT CAN I DO YA FOR &&...&&...
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&...&&..&& : CHEESEBURGER : &.&&.&&&&.
&&..&.&.&. : NUGGETS : &&&.&&...&
..&.&&&&&& : DOUBLE CHEESEBURGER : &..&&.&..&
&.&&&..... : FRIES : .&.&.&&&.&
.&&..&.... : CARBONATED WATER : &&&&&&..&&
&&.&.&&... : BEARNAISE DIP SAUCE : &.....&.&.
&.&&&&.&.. : BIG MAC : &&....&&&&
.&&...&&&. : COFFEE : ..&...&...
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&&&..&.&&. 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. &&&.&.&&&&
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&&&&.&&.&& &&& \ &&& ...&...&..
&...&&.&&. &..&&..&&.
&&..&.&&.& 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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