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&%%/~,.... .. ,, ~~ THE GOLDEN ~~ ,, .. ....,~/%%&
#&%%/~,... ###&%% M %%## ...,~/%%
##&%%/~,.. ..,~/%%#
###&%%/~,. LETS HEAR IT FOR .,~/%%##
##&%%/~,.. /// MC DONALDS /// ..,~/%%#
#&%%/~,... ...,~/%%
&%%/~,.... 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. .........,
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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. ......,~/%
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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. ....,~/%%&
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%/~,...... 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). ....,~/%%&
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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! ....,~/%%&
#&%%/~,... ...,~/%%
##&%%/~,.. 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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