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###@&†^~.. .. .. ~~ THE GOLDEN ~~ .. .. ..~^†&@###
##@†^^.... ###@&† M †&@### ....^^†@##
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###@&†^~.. 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. ..~^†&@###
###@&†^~.. ..~^†&@###
##&†††^~.. 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 ..~^†&@###
###@&†^~.. .. 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. ......~^&@
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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. ......^†&@
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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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