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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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