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.,=\§$§### ..  ,,   ==   THE   GOLDEN   ==  ,,   .. ###§$§\=,.
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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 ,               #§§§\,,,..
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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 ##$$§\,,..
.,=\§$§### SINCE  NOBODY  BOUGHT  HIS  FOOD  ANYWAY ###§$§\=,.
.,=\§$§### (AND   ALSO  THEY   HAD   EXPANDED   TOO ###§$§\=,.
.,=\§$§###   QUICKLY, SUCCUMBED TO CORRUPTION, AND  ###§$§\=,.
....,,,\$§ WAS  IN THE PROCESS  OF  FALLING APART). §$\,,,....
.,=\§$§###                                          ###§$§\=,.
.,=\§$§### ANGRY  AT EVERYONE FOR NOT UNDERSTANDING ###§$§\=,.
.....,=§§# HIS   FOOD,   HE    VOWED    TO    LEAVE #§§=,.....
...,=\$$##          KIRUGU VARGIR ENTIERLY.         ##$$\=,...
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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.           ####§$\=,.
....==§§§# UPON  FINDING OUT THAT  EARTH  HOLDS  NO #§§§==....
....=\\\$§ EDIBLE LIZARDS,  HE SETTLED FOR COW MEAT §$\\\=....
.,=\§$§### INSTEAD, AND  TO HIS JOY, THE EARTH FOLK ###§$§\=,.
.,=\§$$§§§                 LIKED IT!                §§§$$§\=,.
....,=\$##                                          ##$\=,....
.,=\§$§### 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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