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@@¶@$†\~,¨ #@¶@$† M †$@¶@# ¨,~\†$@¶@@
@@†\\~¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨~\\†@@
@@†\\,¨¨¨¨ LETS HEAR IT FOR ¨¨¨¨,\\†@@
#@¶@$†\~,¨ \\\ MC DONALDS \\\ ¨,~\†$@¶@#
#@¶@$†\~,¨ ¨,~\†$@¶@#
#@¶@$†\~,¨ WHAT CAN I DO YA FOR ¨,~\†$@¶@#
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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. ¨,~\†$@¶@#
@@¶@$†\~,¨ ¨,~\†$@¶@@
##@¶@†\~,¨ @@@ \ @@@ ¨,~\†@¶@##
#@¶@$†\~,¨ ¨,~\†$@¶@#
¶¶¶@$†\~,¨ 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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