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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 .....:;^*#
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#&^^^~~~:. : 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. ......~;*&
#*^;;;::.. ..::;;;^*#
&^;:...... 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. .:~;^*##
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###&*^;~:. 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. .:~~~^**&&
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#**^;~::.. &&& ; &&& ..::~;^**#
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#&^^;~:... 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. .:~;^*##
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###&*^;~:. 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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