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##¶&@$†~,. , DOUBLE CHEESEBURGER , .,~†$@&¶##
##¶&@$†~,. , FRIES , .,~†$@&¶##
¶&$$~..... , CARBONATED WATER , .....~$$&¶
¶¶@@@$†~,. , BEARNAISE DIP SAUCE , .,~†$@@@¶¶
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¶¶@@†~.... IT ALL BEGAN A THOUSAND YEARS AGO IN ....~†@@¶¶
##¶&@$†~,. LIKE THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY. A DARK .,~†$@&¶##
###¶@$†~,. FIGURE EMERGED FROM A TAVERN AFTER A .,~†$@¶###
&&$†,..... FEW YEARS APPRENTICESHIP, WITH AN IDEA. .....,†$&&
#&$††,.... IT WAS ILLEGAL TO SELL FOOD IN THE ....,††$&#
#&@@@$†~,. REGION FOR EVERYBODY EXCEPT THAT TAVERN. .,~†$@@@&#
##¶&@$†~,. .,~†$@&¶##
##¶&@$†~,. BUT MARIGOLD DIDN'T CARE. .,~†$@&¶##
¶¶&@$~.... ....~$@&¶¶
¶¶¶&@$†~,. SHE BEGAN PUTTING DRIED LIZARD MEAT .,~†$@&¶¶¶
##¶&@$†~,. BETWEEN TWO BREAD SLICES, OPERATING OUT .,~†$@&¶##
###¶&@$~,. OF A CART, NOT STAYING IN THE SAME .,~$@&¶###
#&$$$~.... PLACE LONG. IN THE DAY SHE SLEPT, IN ....~$$$&#
&$$~,..... THE EVE SHE SOLD HER WARES, AND IN THE .....,~$$&
##¶&@$†~,. NIGHT SHE POACHED. .,~†$@&¶##
##¶&@$†~,. .,~†$@&¶##
##¶&@$†~,. AFTER A FEW YEARS, MARIGOLDS FOOD CART .,~†$@&¶##
¶@@@@$†~,. HAD A REPUTATION. SHE CALLED IT .,~†$@@@@¶
¶¶@††~~~,. ,. 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 .,~†@&¶###
##¶&@$†~,. COURSE THOUGHT IT A GOOD IDEA TO FOLLOW .,~†$@&¶##
##¶&@$†~,. IN MARIGOLDS FOODSTEPS. .,~†$@&¶##
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###¶@$†~,. HE WASN'T ALL THAT OF A COOK, AND EVEN .,~†$@¶###
###&@$†~,. THOUGH SOME RECOGNIZED THE GOLDEN M, HE .,~†$@&###
##¶&@$†~,. QUICKLY FELL INTO INFAMITY. HOWEVER HE .,~†$@&¶##
¶@$$†~,... WAS KIND OF A HARDHAT AND DIDN'T STOP ...,~†$$@¶
&$†,...... TRYING. THE TAVERN DIDN'T CARE FOR HIM ......,†$&
##¶&@$†~,. SINCE NOBODY BOUGHT HIS FOOD ANYWAY .,~†$@&¶##
##¶&@$†~,. (AND ALSO THEY HAD EXPANDED TOO .,~†$@&¶##
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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 ....,††@@&
##¶&@$†~,. LIKED IT! .,~†$@&¶##
###&@$†~,. .,~†$@&###
##¶&@$†~,. THEN HE GOT SCAMMED OUT OF THE CART BY .,~†$@&¶##
##¶&@$†~,. A MAN NAMED MICKEY MAC DONALDS, WHO .,~†$@&¶##
#&&$†~~~,. RENAMED THE BUSINESS AFTER HIMSELF. .,~~~†$&&#
&&&&@$†~,. WHILE NICHOLAS QUICKLY PERISHED, MICKEY .,~†$@&&&&
##¶&@$†~,. FUNNELED HIS INHERITED BILLIONS INTO .,~†$@&¶##
##¶&@$†~,. THE PROJECT, AND QUICKLY EXPANDED ALL .,~†$@&¶##
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