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####$%:-.¨ ¨¨ .. -- THE GOLDEN -- .. ¨¨ ¨.-:%$####
##$%%%:-.¨ ####$% M %$#### ¨.-:%%%$##
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##$$:::-.¨ LETS HEAR IT FOR ¨.-:::$$##
####$%:-.¨ ::: MC DONALDS ::: ¨.-:%$####
##%:...¨¨¨ ¨¨¨...:%##
##%--.¨¨¨¨ 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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####$%:-.¨ IT ALL BEGAN A THOUSAND YEARS AGO IN ¨.-:%$####
####$%:-.¨ LIKE THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY. A DARK ¨.-:%$####
##$%%:-..¨ FIGURE EMERGED FROM A TAVERN AFTER A ¨..-:%%$##
####$%:-.¨ FEW YEARS APPRENTICESHIP, WITH AN IDEA. ¨.-:%$####
####$%:-.¨ IT WAS ILLEGAL TO SELL FOOD IN THE ¨.-:%$####
####$%:-.¨ REGION FOR EVERYBODY EXCEPT THAT TAVERN. ¨.-:%$####
####$%:-.¨ ¨.-:%$####
#$:.¨¨¨¨¨¨ BUT MARIGOLD DIDN'T CARE. ¨¨¨¨¨¨.:$#
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####$%:-.¨ SHE BEGAN PUTTING DRIED LIZARD MEAT ¨.-:%$####
####$%:-.¨ BETWEEN TWO BREAD SLICES, OPERATING OUT ¨.-:%$####
####$%:-.¨ OF A CART, NOT STAYING IN THE SAME ¨.-:%$####
####$%:-.¨ PLACE LONG. IN THE DAY SHE SLEPT, IN ¨.-:%$####
####$%:-.¨ THE EVE SHE SOLD HER WARES, AND IN THE ¨.-:%$####
####$%:-.¨ NIGHT SHE POACHED. ¨.-:%$####
####$%:-.¨ ¨.-:%$####
####$%:-.¨ AFTER A FEW YEARS, MARIGOLDS FOOD CART ¨.-:%$####
#$%:-¨¨¨¨¨ HAD A REPUTATION. SHE CALLED IT ¨¨¨¨¨-:%$#
##$$%-.¨¨¨ .¨ THE GOLDEN M ¨. ¨¨¨.-%$$##
#%-¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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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#%-.¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨.-%#
####$%:-.¨ AFTER THIRTY YEARS, A MAN NAMED ¨.-:%$####
#$:.....¨¨ NICHOLAS FOUND THE CART. HE WAS A ¨¨.....:$#
####$%:-.¨ CURSED ENTREPRENEUR (THEY ALL ARE ¨.-:%$####
####$%:-.¨ (CURSED, I MEAN)) AND AS SUCH HE OF ¨.-:%$####
#$::.¨¨¨¨¨ COURSE THOUGHT IT A GOOD IDEA TO FOLLOW ¨¨¨¨¨.::$#
####$%:-.¨ IN MARIGOLDS FOODSTEPS. ¨.-:%$####
####$%:-.¨ ¨.-:%$####
####$%:-.¨ HE WASN'T ALL THAT OF A COOK, AND EVEN ¨.-:%$####
##$$::-.¨¨ THOUGH SOME RECOGNIZED THE GOLDEN M, HE ¨¨.-::$$##
####$%:-.¨ QUICKLY FELL INTO INFAMITY. HOWEVER HE ¨.-:%$####
####$%:-.¨ WAS KIND OF A HARDHAT AND DIDN'T STOP ¨.-:%$####
####$%:-.¨ TRYING. THE TAVERN DIDN'T CARE FOR HIM ¨.-:%$####
#$$:.¨¨¨¨¨ SINCE NOBODY BOUGHT HIS FOOD ANYWAY ¨¨¨¨¨.:$$#
#$%%%--¨¨¨ (AND ALSO THEY HAD EXPANDED TOO ¨¨¨--%%%$#
####$%:-.¨ QUICKLY, SUCCUMBED TO CORRUPTION, AND ¨.-:%$####
#$:-¨¨¨¨¨¨ WAS IN THE PROCESS OF FALLING APART). ¨¨¨¨¨¨-:$#
#$:::.¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨.:::$#
####$%:-.¨ ANGRY AT EVERYONE FOR NOT UNDERSTANDING ¨.-:%$####
##$::::-.¨ HIS FOOD, HE VOWED TO LEAVE ¨.-::::$##
####$%:-.¨ KIRUGU VARGIR ENTIERLY. ¨.-:%$####
####$%:-.¨ ¨.-:%$####
####$%:-.¨ WHICH HE DID. ¨.-:%$####
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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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