.~=:=*@# #@#&*=:=~.
.~=:=*@# #@#&*=:=~.
.~=:=*@# #@#&*=:=~.
.~=:=*&&&& &&&&*=:=~.
.~=:==*@ @#&*==:=~.
.~=:=*#@## .. ~~ == 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 ~ &*=::~....
.~=:=*@# #@#&*=:=~.
...~:==&&& &&&&& : &&&&& &&&==:~...
.~=:=*## ###&*=:=~.
...~::== 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. &&===:=~..
.~=:=*@# #@#&*=:=~.
....~==&&& && : && &&&==~....
.~=:=*@# #@#&*=:=~.
.~=:=*@# 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! ###&*=:=~.
.~=:=*@# #@#&*=:=~.
.~=:=*#@ @##&*=:=~.
.....~:**# #**:~.....
....===*## ##*===....
.~=:=*#@## ##@#*=:=~.