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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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###&;»~... 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. .....»†###
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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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##&;»~.... 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. .~»;†&####
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####&†;»~. 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). .~~~~;;&##
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####&†;»~. 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! .....~;&##
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####&†;»~. 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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