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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 ^                -^........
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........^-               §§§§§ † §§§§§              -^........
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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.            -^........
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......^-†* 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.         §*†-^.....
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.......^-†              WHICH HE DID.               †-^.......
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.........^                  §§ † §§                 ^.........
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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!                 ##@§§*†-^.
..^-†*§§@#                                          #@§§*†-^..
...^-†*§§@ 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.             ^.........
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.....^-†*§         AND THE REST IS HISTORY!         §*†-^.....
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