.,~^^£#¶@# #@¶#£^^~,.
..,~^^£#¶@ @¶#£^^~,..
...,~^^£#¶ ¶#£^^~,...
....,~^^£# #£^^~,....
.....,~^^£ £^^~,.....
......,~^^ .. ,, ~~ 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! ^^~,......
.....,~^^£ £^^~,.....
....,~^^£# #£^^~,....
...,~^^£#¶ ¶#£^^~,...
..,~^^£#¶@ @¶#£^^~,..
.,~^^£#¶@# #@¶#£^^~,.