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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. #&*-......
.-~*$### ####&$*~-.
.-~*$### BUT MARIGOLD DIDN'T CARE. ####&$*~-.
....-**& #&&**-....
....-***$# SHE BEGAN PUTTING DRIED LIZARD MEAT #$***-....
.-~*$&## BETWEEN TWO BREAD SLICES, OPERATING OUT ###&&$*~-.
.....-**$# OF A CART, NOT STAYING IN THE SAME #$**-.....
.-~*$##### PLACE LONG. IN THE DAY SHE SLEPT, IN #####$*~-.
.-~*$### THE EVE SHE SOLD HER WARES, AND IN THE ####&$*~-.
.~*$#### NIGHT SHE POACHED. #####&$*~.
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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. #&*-......
.-~*$### MARIGOLDS SECRET LIZARD FOODCART WAS ####&$*~-.
...~*$&# NEW AND FRESH. ##&&$*~...
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.-~*$### HOWEVER, SHE BECAME A LITTLE TOO WELL ####&$*~-.
......-* 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. #&&**~~--.
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.-~*$### SO SHE HID THE CART, AND DISAPPEARED, ####&$*~-.
......~* 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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.-~*$### ## * ## ####&$*~-.
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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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