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¨.==$$#@## ##@#$$==.¨
¨.==$$#@## ##@#$$==.¨
¨.=====$$# ¨¨ .. == THE GOLDEN == .. ¨¨ #$$=====.¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨=$# ##@#$$ M $$#@## #$=¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨.=$#@# #@#$=.¨¨¨¨
¨.==$$#### LETS HEAR IT FOR ####$$==.¨
¨¨¨===$### === MC DONALDS === ###$===¨¨¨
¨¨...==$## ##$==...¨¨
¨¨¨¨.=$$@# WHAT CAN I DO YA FOR #@$$=.¨¨¨¨
¨.==$$#@@@ @@@#$$==.¨
¨¨..==$##@ . CHEESEBURGER . @##$==..¨¨
¨.==$$$$## . NUGGETS . ##$$$$==.¨
¨¨¨¨¨..=$# . DOUBLE CHEESEBURGER . #$=..¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨==$$$@ . FRIES . @$$$==¨¨¨¨
¨.==$$$$## . CARBONATED WATER . ##$$$$==.¨
¨.==$$#@@@ . BEARNAISE DIP SAUCE . @@@#$$==.¨
¨¨¨¨¨.=$## . BIG MAC . ##$=.¨¨¨¨¨
¨.=$$#@### . COFFEE . ###@#$$=.¨
¨.==$$#@## ##@#$$==.¨
¨.==$$#@## ##### = ##### ##@#$$==.¨
¨¨¨¨¨.==$# #$==.¨¨¨¨¨
¨.==$$#### 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 ####$$==.¨
¨¨¨====$## NIGHT SHE POACHED. ##$====¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨==$@ @$==¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨.===$## AFTER A FEW YEARS, MARIGOLDS FOOD CART ##$===.¨¨¨
¨.==$#@### HAD A REPUTATION. SHE CALLED IT ###@#$==.¨
¨¨¨¨¨==$$# .¨ 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. ##@#$$==.¨
¨¨¨¨=$$$@@ @@$$$=¨¨¨¨
¨.==$$#@## ### = ### ##@#$$==.¨
¨.====$$## ##$$====.¨
¨.==$$#@## 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. ###@$$==.¨
¨.=====$#@ @#$=====.¨
¨¨¨¨¨..=$# WHICH HE DID. #$=..¨¨¨¨¨
¨.==$$#@## ##@#$$==.¨
¨.==$$#@## ## = ## ##@#$$==.¨
¨.==$$#@## ##@#$$==.¨
¨...==$$## 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. ##@#$$==.¨
¨.==$$#@## ##@#$$==.¨
¨¨¨....=$# # = # #$=....¨¨¨
¨¨...==$$# #$$==...¨¨
¨¨¨¨.==$#@ AND THE REST IS HISTORY! @#$==.¨¨¨¨
¨.==$#@### ###@#$==.¨
¨.====$$@@ @@$$====.¨
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¨.==$$$$#@ @#$$$$==.¨
¨.==$$#@## ##@#$$==.¨