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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. ..........
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..........        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. †:«.......
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.....«:†§# 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). #§†:«.....
....«:†§#@                                          @#§†:«....
...«:†§#@# 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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