,,,,~~*=%# #%=*~~,,,,
,,~*=%##@@ @@##%=*~,,
,,~*=%##@# #@##%=*~,,
,,~*=%###@ @###%=*~,,
,,,,,~~=%# #%=~~,,,,,
,,,,,,~*%# ,, ,, ~~ 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! ####%=*~,,
,,~*=%##@# #@##%=*~,,
,,,,,***=# #=***,,,,,
,,~*=%#### ####%=*~,,
,,~*=%##@@ @@##%=*~,,
,,~*=##@## ##@##=*~,,