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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 ¨¨¨,,\**##
##*\\\»¨¨¨ ¨¨¨»\\\*##
##¶#¤*\»,¨ , 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. ¨,»\*¤#¶##
#**»¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨»**#
##¶#¤*\»,¨ 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. ,»\*¤#¶###
#¤¤¤*»¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨»*¤¤¤#
#¶¶#¤*\»,¨ 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. ¨,»\¤#¶###
##¶#¤*\»,¨ ¨,»\*¤#¶##
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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. ¨,»\*¤¶###
##*»¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨»*##
##¶#¤*\»,¨ # \ # ¨,»\*¤#¶##
##¶#¤*\»,¨ ¨,»\*¤#¶##
##¶#¤*\»,¨ AND THE REST IS HISTORY! ¨,»\*¤#¶##
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