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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 , ¨,«*%&§@##
##@§&%*«,¨ , 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. ¨,«*%&§@##
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@@@§&%*«,¨ 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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#@§&%*«,,¨ §§§ * §§§ ¨,,«*%&§@#
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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). ¨¨¨¨¨¨,*&§
§&&*,¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨,*&&§
@§%«¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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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