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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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