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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 #####*:~-¨
¨-~:*$#### INSTEAD, AND TO HIS JOY, THE EARTH FOLK ####$*:~-¨
¨-~:*$#### LIKED IT! ####$*:~-¨
¨-~:*$#### ####$*:~-¨
¨-~:*$#### THEN HE GOT SCAMMED OUT OF THE CART BY ####$*:~-¨
¨-~:::*$$# A MAN NAMED MICKEY MAC DONALDS, WHO #$$*:::~-¨
¨-~:*$#### RENAMED THE BUSINESS AFTER HIMSELF. ####$*:~-¨
¨¨¨¨¨-::$# WHILE NICHOLAS QUICKLY PERISHED, MICKEY #$::-¨¨¨¨¨
¨-~:*$#### FUNNELED HIS INHERITED BILLIONS INTO ####$*:~-¨
¨¨¨---~*$# THE PROJECT, AND QUICKLY EXPANDED ALL #$*~---¨¨¨
¨-~:*$#### OVER THE PLANET. ####$*:~-¨
¨-~:*$#### ####$*:~-¨
¨-~:*$#### # : # ####$*:~-¨
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¨¨¨¨¨¨~*$# AND THE REST IS HISTORY! #$*~¨¨¨¨¨¨
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