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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 ....,;;%§#
@$%~,,,... FEW YEARS APPRENTICESHIP, WITH AN IDEA. ...,,,~%$@
##@§$%;~,. IT WAS ILLEGAL TO SELL FOOD IN THE .,~;%$§@##
##@§$%;~,. REGION FOR EVERYBODY EXCEPT THAT TAVERN. .,~;%$§@##
#@$;,..... .....,;$@#
§$;,,..... BUT MARIGOLD DIDN'T CARE. .....,,;$§
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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 ......,;%§
##@§$%;~,. THE EVE SHE SOLD HER WARES, AND IN THE .,~;%$§@##
##@§$%;~,. NIGHT SHE POACHED. .,~;%$§@##
§$;,...... ......,;$§
##@§$%;~,. AFTER A FEW YEARS, MARIGOLDS FOOD CART .,~;%$§@##
#@@§$%;~,. HAD A REPUTATION. SHE CALLED IT .,~;%$§@@#
##@§$%;~,. ,. THE GOLDEN M ., .,~;%$§@##
##@§$%;~,. AND PEOPLE TALKED ABOUT THE GOLDEN M. .,~;%$§@##
##@§$%;~,. THE OLD TAVERN HAD THEIR MONOPOLY AND .,~;%$§@##
§§$;~..... DIDN'T CHANGE THEIR MENU MUCH. .....~;$§§
§§%%~~,,.. 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. ....~~%%§§
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@$$%%~~... SO SHE HID THE CART, AND DISAPPEARED, ...~~%%$$@
##@§$%;~,. FOREVER. .,~;%$§@##
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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 .,~;;%%§§#
###@$%;~,. IN MARIGOLDS FOODSTEPS. .,~;%$@###
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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). ...,;%%§§@
##@§$%;~,. .,~;%$§@##
##@§$%;~,. ANGRY AT EVERYONE FOR NOT UNDERSTANDING .,~;%$§@##
##@§$%;~,. HIS FOOD, HE VOWED TO LEAVE .,~;%$§@##
##@§$%;~,. KIRUGU VARGIR ENTIERLY. .,~;%$§@##
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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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