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#@#&=\-^,, ,, ^^ -- THE GOLDEN -- ^^ ,, ,,^-\=@#
@#&=\-^,,, ##@#&= M =@## ,,,^-\=@
#@#&=\-^,, ,,^-\=@#
##@#&=\-^, 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 ^ ,^-\=@##
#@#&=\-^,, ,,^-\=@#
@#&=\-^,,, ##### \ ##### ,,,^-\=@
#@#&=\-^,, ,,^-\=@#
##@#&=\-^, 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. ,,,^-\=@
#@#&=\-^,, ,,^-\=@#
##@#&=\-^, ### \ ### ,^-\=@##
#@#&=\-^,, ,,^-\=@#
@#&=\-^,,, 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. ,,^-\=@#
@#&=\-^,,, ,,,^-\=@
#@#&=\-^,, # \ # ,,^-\=@#
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#@#&=\-^,, AND THE REST IS HISTORY! ,,^-\=@#
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