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@@@¤$$†=-¨ ¨¨ -- == THE GOLDEN == -- ¨¨ ¨-=†$$¤@@@
¤¤¤¤$$†=-¨ #@@¤$$ M $$¤@@# ¨-=†$$¤¤¤¤
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@@@¤$$†=-¨ LETS HEAR IT FOR ¨-=†$$¤@@@
@$†--¨¨¨¨¨ ††† MC DONALDS ††† ¨¨¨¨¨--†$@
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@$$=¨¨¨¨¨¨ WHAT CAN I DO YA FOR ¨¨¨¨¨¨=$$@
#@@¤$$†=-¨ ¨-=†$$¤@@#
@@@¤$$†=-¨ - CHEESEBURGER - ¨-=†$$¤@@@
##@¤$$†=-¨ - NUGGETS - ¨-=†$$¤@##
@@¤¤$$†=-¨ - DOUBLE CHEESEBURGER - ¨-=†$$¤¤@@
@$$†-¨¨¨¨¨ - FRIES - ¨¨¨¨¨-†$$@
#@@¤$$†=-¨ - CARBONATED WATER - ¨-=†$$¤@@#
@¤$$$===-¨ - BEARNAISE DIP SAUCE - ¨-===$$$¤@
@@¤$††=-¨¨ - BIG MAC - ¨¨-=††$¤@@
¤$=¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ - COFFEE - ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨=$¤
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@¤¤$$$†=-¨ ¤¤¤¤¤ † ¤¤¤¤¤ ¨-=†$$$¤¤@
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#@@¤$$†=-¨ IT ALL BEGAN A THOUSAND YEARS AGO IN ¨-=†$$¤@@#
¤$†---¨¨¨¨ LIKE THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY. A DARK ¨¨¨¨---†$¤
¤$††==¨¨¨¨ FIGURE EMERGED FROM A TAVERN AFTER A ¨¨¨¨==††$¤
#@@¤$$†=-¨ FEW YEARS APPRENTICESHIP, WITH AN IDEA. ¨-=†$$¤@@#
@¤$$=-¨¨¨¨ IT WAS ILLEGAL TO SELL FOOD IN THE ¨¨¨¨-=$$¤@
##@@$$†=-¨ REGION FOR EVERYBODY EXCEPT THAT TAVERN. ¨-=†$$@@##
@$$†=¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨=†$$@
¤¤$$†--¨¨¨ BUT MARIGOLD DIDN'T CARE. ¨¨¨--†$$¤¤
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##@¤$$†=-¨ SHE BEGAN PUTTING DRIED LIZARD MEAT ¨-=†$$¤@##
@¤$$$$†=-¨ BETWEEN TWO BREAD SLICES, OPERATING OUT ¨-=†$$$$¤@
@@$†††-¨¨¨ OF A CART, NOT STAYING IN THE SAME ¨¨¨-†††$@@
##@¤$$†=-¨ 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. ¨-=†$$¤@@#
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@¤¤$†-¨¨¨¨ ¤¤ † ¤¤ ¨¨¨¨-†$¤¤@
@¤$$$$†=-¨ ¨-=†$$$$¤@
##@¤$$†=-¨ 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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