,,,.=;†%&# #&%†;=.,,,
,,,,.=;†%& &%†;=.,,,,
,,,,,.=;†% %†;=.,,,,,
,,,,,,.=;† †;=.,,,,,,
,,,,,,,.=; ;=.,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,.= ,, .. == 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! †;=.,,,,,,
,,,,,.=;†% %†;=.,,,,,
,,,,.=;†%& &%†;=.,,,,
,,,.=;†%&# #&%†;=.,,,
,,.=;†%&## ##&%†;=.,,
,.=;†%&### ###&%†;=.,