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.,~:$£§###            ::: MC DONALDS :::            ###§£$:~,.
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,~:$£§#### WHAT     CAN     I     DO     YA     FOR ####§£$:~,
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.,~:$£§###                , NUGGETS ,               ###§£$:~,.
.,~:$£§###         , DOUBLE CHEESEBURGER ,          ###§£$:~,.
.,~:$£§###                 , FRIES ,                ###§£$:~,.
....,,,:£#           , CARBONATED WATER ,           #£:,,,....
.,~:$£§###          , BEARNAISE DIP SAUCE ,         ###§£$:~,.
.,~:$£§###                , BIG MAC ,               ###§£$:~,.
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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. #£:~,.....
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.,~:$§####        BUT MARIGOLD DIDN'T CARE.         ####§$:~,.
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.,~:$£§### SHE  BEGAN  PUTTING  DRIED  LIZARD  MEAT ###§£$:~,.
.,~:$$$£§# BETWEEN  TWO BREAD SLICES, OPERATING OUT #§£$$$:~,.
.,~:$£§### OF  A CART,  NOT  STAYING  IN  THE  SAME ###§£$:~,.
....~:££## PLACE LONG.  IN  THE DAY SHE  SLEPT,  IN ##££:~....
.,~:$£§### THE EVE SHE SOLD HER WARES,  AND  IN THE ###§£$:~,.
...,::££##            NIGHT SHE POACHED.            ##££::,...
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.,~:$£§### AFTER A FEW  YEARS, MARIGOLDS FOOD  CART ###§£$:~,.
.,~:$££££# HAD  A   REPUTATION.   SHE   CALLED   IT #££££$:~,.
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.,~:$£§### AND  PEOPLE  TALKED  ABOUT THE GOLDEN M. ###§£$:~,.
..,,:$$$§§ THE OLD TAVERN  HAD  THEIR MONOPOLY  AND §§$$$:,,..
.,~:$£§###      DIDN'T CHANGE THEIR MENU MUCH.      ###§£$:~,.
.,~:$£§###   MARIGOLDS SECRET LIZARD FOODCART WAS   ###§£$:~,.
.,~:$£§###              NEW AND FRESH.              ###§£$:~,.
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.,,~:::$§§ HOWEVER, SHE  BECAME A  LITTLE  TOO WELL §§$:::~,,.
.,~:$£§### KNOWN.  THE  TAVERNS   MEN  HOT  ON  HER ###§£$:~,.
.,~:$£§### TRAIL,  SHE  COULD  STAY A  SHORTER  AND ###§£$:~,.
.,~:$£#### SHORTER TIME IN EACH  LOCATION. SHE FELT ####£$:~,.
....,~:£## HUNTED.  AND SOON ENOUGH  THERE  CAME  A ##£:~,....
.,~:$£§### TIME WHEN THEY  STARTED WATCHING FOR HER ###§£$:~,.
.,:$£§#### AT   THE   GATES   OF   EVERY   VILLAGE. ####§£$:,.
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.....~~~$§ SO  SHE HID  THE CART,  AND DISAPPEARED, §$~~~.....
.,~:$£§§##                 FOREVER.                 ##§§£$:~,.
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....~:$$§# AFTER  THIRTY   YEARS,   A   MAN   NAMED #§$$:~....
.,~$£§#### NICHOLAS  FOUND  THE  CART.  HE   WAS  A ####§£$~,.
.,~:$£§###     CURSED ENTREPRENEUR (THEY ALL ARE    ###§£$:~,.
.,~:$£§### (CURSED,  I  MEAN)) AND  AS  SUCH HE  OF ###§£$:~,.
.,~:$£§### COURSE THOUGHT IT A GOOD IDEA  TO FOLLOW ###§£$:~,.
.,~:$£§###          IN MARIGOLDS FOODSTEPS.         ###§£$:~,.
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.,~:$£§### HE  WASN'T  ALL THAT OF A COOK, AND EVEN ###§£$:~,.
.,~:$£§### THOUGH SOME  RECOGNIZED THE GOLDEN M, HE ###§£$:~,.
.,~:$£§### QUICKLY FELL  INTO INFAMITY. HOWEVER  HE ###§£$:~,.
.,~:$£§### WAS  KIND  OF A  HARDHAT AND DIDN'T STOP ###§£$:~,.
...,,~$£## TRYING. THE TAVERN  DIDN'T CARE  FOR HIM ##£$~,,...
.,~:$£§### SINCE  NOBODY  BOUGHT  HIS  FOOD  ANYWAY ###§£$:~,.
.,~:$£§### (AND   ALSO  THEY   HAD   EXPANDED   TOO ###§£$:~,.
.,~:$£§###   QUICKLY, SUCCUMBED TO CORRUPTION, AND  ###§£$:~,.
..,~~:$§§# WAS IN THE  PROCESS  OF  FALLING APART). #§§$:~~,..
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....~~:$§§ ANGRY AT EVERYONE FOR NOT  UNDERSTANDING §§$:~~....
.,~:$£§### HIS    FOOD,    HE    VOWED   TO   LEAVE ###§£$:~,.
.,~:$£§###          KIRUGU VARGIR ENTIERLY.         ###§£$:~,.
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.,~:$£§###              WHICH HE DID.               ###§£$:~,.
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...~~$$§§§ WE DONT KNOW MUCH ABOUT  HOW HE TRAVELED §§§$$~~...
.,~:$£§### OR WHERE, BUT EVENTUALLY HE ENDED  UP ON ###§£$:~,.
.,~:$£§###           EARTH IN THE FIFTIES.          ###§£$:~,.
.,~:$£§### UPON  FINDING  OUT  THAT  EARTH HOLDS NO ###§£$:~,.
.,~:$£§§§§ EDIBLE LIZARDS,  HE SETTLED FOR COW MEAT §§§§£$:~,.
...,,::££# INSTEAD, AND TO HIS JOY,  THE EARTH FOLK #££::,,...
...,,:££§#                 LIKED IT!                #§££:,,...
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.....,::$§ THEN HE GOT  SCAMMED OUT  OF THE CART BY §$::,.....
.,~::::$£# A  MAN  NAMED  MICKEY  MAC  DONALDS, WHO #£$::::~,.
.....~:£§§   RENAMED THE BUSINESS AFTER HIMSELF.    §§£:~.....
.,~:$£§###  WHILE NICHOLAS QUICKLY PERISHED, MICKEY ###§£$:~,.
...~~:$$§§   FUNNELED HIS INHERITED BILLIONS INTO   §§$$:~~...
....,:£§§# THE  PROJECT,  AND QUICKLY  EXPANDED ALL #§§£:,....
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