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##@#$**~,. .,~**$#@##
##@#$**~,. .. ,, ~~ THE GOLDEN ~~ ,, .. .,~**$#@##
#**,,,.... ##@#$* M *$#@## ....,,,**#
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@#***~~... LETS HEAR IT FOR ...~~***#@
###$$**~,. *** MC DONALDS *** .,~**$$###
##@#$**~,. .,~**$#@##
##@#$**~,. WHAT CAN I DO YA FOR .,~**$#@##
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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 .....,**#@
##@#$**~,. HUNTED. AND SOON ENOUGH THERE CAME A .,~**$#@##
####$**~,. TIME WHEN THEY STARTED WATCHING FOR HER .,~**$####
##@#$**~,. AT THE GATES OF EVERY VILLAGE. .,~**$#@##
##@#$**~,. .,~**$#@##
@$*~~..... SO SHE HID THE CART, AND DISAPPEARED, .....~~*$@
##@#$**~,. FOREVER. .,~**$#@##
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##@#$**~,. ### * ### .,~**$#@##
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#*~....... AFTER THIRTY YEARS, A MAN NAMED .......~*#
##$****~,. NICHOLAS FOUND THE CART. HE WAS A .,~****$##
@$$****~,. CURSED ENTREPRENEUR (THEY ALL ARE .,~****$$@
#@$*~,.... (CURSED, I MEAN)) AND AS SUCH HE OF ....,~*$@#
@$$****~,. COURSE THOUGHT IT A GOOD IDEA TO FOLLOW .,~****$$@
##@#$**~,. IN MARIGOLDS FOODSTEPS. .,~**$#@##
##@#$**~,. .,~**$#@##
##@#$**~,. HE WASN'T ALL THAT OF A COOK, AND EVEN .,~**$#@##
@$**,..... THOUGH SOME RECOGNIZED THE GOLDEN M, HE .....,**$@
#$*~...... QUICKLY FELL INTO INFAMITY. HOWEVER HE ......~*$#
@###$**~,. WAS KIND OF A HARDHAT AND DIDN'T STOP .,~**$###@
##$**,.... TRYING. THE TAVERN DIDN'T CARE FOR HIM ....,**$##
##@#$**~,. SINCE NOBODY BOUGHT HIS FOOD ANYWAY .,~**$#@##
##@#$**~,. (AND ALSO THEY HAD EXPANDED TOO .,~**$#@##
##@#$**~,. QUICKLY, SUCCUMBED TO CORRUPTION, AND .,~**$#@##
#$$****~,. WAS IN THE PROCESS OF FALLING APART). .,~****$$#
@$$**~,... ...,~**$$@
@@$$**~,.. ANGRY AT EVERYONE FOR NOT UNDERSTANDING ..,~**$$@@
@@$***,... HIS FOOD, HE VOWED TO LEAVE ...,***$@@
##@#$**~,. KIRUGU VARGIR ENTIERLY. .,~**$#@##
##@#$**~,. .,~**$#@##
##@#$**~,. WHICH HE DID. .,~**$#@##
#***~..... .....~***#
#@#**~~... ## * ## ...~~**#@#
#**~...... ......~**#
@@$$**,,,. WE DONT KNOW MUCH ABOUT HOW HE TRAVELED .,,,**$$@@
##@#$**~,. OR WHERE, BUT EVENTUALLY HE ENDED UP ON .,~**$#@##
##@#$**~,. EARTH IN THE FIFTIES. .,~**$#@##
##@#$**~,. UPON FINDING OUT THAT EARTH HOLDS NO .,~**$#@##
@@$**,,,.. EDIBLE LIZARDS, HE SETTLED FOR COW MEAT ..,,,**$@@
###@#$*~,. INSTEAD, AND TO HIS JOY, THE EARTH FOLK .,~*$#@###
##@#$**~,. LIKED IT! .,~**$#@##
##@#$**~,. .,~**$#@##
#**~...... 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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