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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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