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###§§§;=,. .. ,, == THE GOLDEN == ,, .. .,=;§§§###
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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). .,=;§§§###
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#§;,...... 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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