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...&...&&. &......&&.
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.&.&.&&&&& .. :: ~~ THE GOLDEN ~~ :: .. &....&&&&.
&&&&&..... ##¶&*% M %*&¶## &...&...&.
....&..... &..&&..&&&
...&&....& LETS HEAR IT FOR &.&.&.&..&
..&.&...&& \\\ MC DONALDS \\\ &&&&&&&.&&
.&&&&..&.& ......&&.&
&...&.&&&. 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. .&&&&.&&..
...&&..&.& &...&&.&.&
..&.&.&&&& && \ && &..&.&&&&&
.&&&&&.... &.&&&....&
&....&.... 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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&..&.&&..& ..&...&&..
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