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#@#&§§;~.. .. .. ~~ THE GOLDEN ~~ .. .. ..~;§§&#@#
#@#&§§;~.. #@#&§§ M §§&#@# ..~;§§&#@#
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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. ......;§§&
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&§§;~~~... 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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