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#@¶@$=†-,, , FRIES , ,,-†=$@¶@#
¶¶¶@$=†-,, , CARBONATED WATER , ,,-†=$@¶¶¶
#@¶@$=†-,, , BEARNAISE DIP SAUCE , ,,-†=$@¶@#
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¶@$†††--,, IT ALL BEGAN A THOUSAND YEARS AGO IN ,,--†††$@¶
##@¶@$=†,, LIKE THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY. A DARK ,,†=$@¶@##
¶¶¶@$=†-,, FIGURE EMERGED FROM A TAVERN AFTER A ,,-†=$@¶¶¶
¶@$$=†--,, FEW YEARS APPRENTICESHIP, WITH AN IDEA. ,,--†=$$@¶
¶$†,,,,,,, IT WAS ILLEGAL TO SELL FOOD IN THE ,,,,,,,†$¶
#@¶@$=†-,, REGION FOR EVERYBODY EXCEPT THAT TAVERN. ,,-†=$@¶@#
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@@==--,,,, 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 ,,,---†==@
¶¶$$=-,,,, THE EVE SHE SOLD HER WARES, AND IN THE ,,,,-=$$¶¶
#@¶@$=†-,, NIGHT SHE POACHED. ,,-†=$@¶@#
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@=†,,,,,,, AFTER A FEW YEARS, MARIGOLDS FOOD CART ,,,,,,,†=@
#@¶@$=†-,, HAD A REPUTATION. SHE CALLED IT ,,-†=$@¶@#
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#@¶@$=†-,, AND PEOPLE TALKED ABOUT THE GOLDEN M. ,,-†=$@¶@#
¶$=--,,,,, THE OLD TAVERN HAD THEIR MONOPOLY AND ,,,,,--=$¶
#@¶@$=†-,, DIDN'T CHANGE THEIR MENU MUCH. ,,-†=$@¶@#
@$†,,,,,,, MARIGOLDS SECRET LIZARD FOODCART WAS ,,,,,,,†$@
#@¶@$=†-,, NEW AND FRESH. ,,-†=$@¶@#
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#@¶@$=†-,, HOWEVER, SHE BECAME A LITTLE TOO WELL ,,-†=$@¶@#
#@¶@$=†-,, KNOWN. THE TAVERNS MEN HOT ON HER ,,-†=$@¶@#
¶$$$==†-,, TRAIL, SHE COULD STAY A SHORTER AND ,,-†==$$$¶
@=====†-,, 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. ,,-†=@¶@##
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@$††††,,,, HE WASN'T ALL THAT OF A COOK, AND EVEN ,,,,††††$@
@@$==---,, THOUGH SOME RECOGNIZED THE GOLDEN M, HE ,,---==$@@
¶$$†-,,,,, QUICKLY FELL INTO INFAMITY. HOWEVER HE ,,,,,-†$$¶
#@¶@$=†-,, WAS KIND OF A HARDHAT AND DIDN'T STOP ,,-†=$@¶@#
@@=-,,,,,, 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). ,,,,,-†=@¶
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#@¶@$=†-,, ANGRY AT EVERYONE FOR NOT UNDERSTANDING ,,-†=$@¶@#
@@¶@$=†-,, HIS FOOD, HE VOWED TO LEAVE ,,-†=$@¶@@
#@¶@$=†-,, KIRUGU VARGIR ENTIERLY. ,,-†=$@¶@#
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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 ,,,,,-==@¶
#@¶@$=†-,, LIKED IT! ,,-†=$@¶@#
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@@¶@$=†-,, THEN HE GOT SCAMMED OUT OF THE CART BY ,,-†=$@¶@@
¶@=†††--,, 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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