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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. &.&&..&.&.
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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. ....&..&.&
&&.&..&&&. ...&&.&&&.
.&&&.&..&. 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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