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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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