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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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##§$^;«.¨¨ §§§§§ ; §§§§§ ¨¨.«;^$§##
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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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##§$^;«.¨¨ §§§ ; §§§ ¨¨.«;^$§##
###§$^;«.¨ ¨.«;^$§###
####§$^;«. AFTER THIRTY YEARS, A MAN NAMED .«;^$§####
###§$^;«.¨ NICHOLAS FOUND THE CART. HE WAS A ¨.«;^$§###
##§$^;«.¨¨ CURSED ENTREPRENEUR (THEY ALL ARE ¨¨.«;^$§##
#§$^;«.¨¨¨ (CURSED, I MEAN)) AND AS SUCH HE OF ¨¨¨.«;^$§#
##§$^;«.¨¨ COURSE THOUGHT IT A GOOD IDEA TO FOLLOW ¨¨.«;^$§##
###§$^;«.¨ IN MARIGOLDS FOODSTEPS. ¨.«;^$§###
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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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###§$^;«.¨ ANGRY AT EVERYONE FOR NOT UNDERSTANDING ¨.«;^$§###
####§$^;«. HIS FOOD, HE VOWED TO LEAVE .«;^$§####
###§$^;«.¨ KIRUGU VARGIR ENTIERLY. ¨.«;^$§###
##§$^;«.¨¨ ¨¨.«;^$§##
#§$^;«.¨¨¨ WHICH HE DID. ¨¨¨.«;^$§#
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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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