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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. ..~*%*#¶@@
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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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#@¶#*%*~.. ## * ## ..~*%*#¶@#
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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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