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@$~~...... ......~~$@
##@@$$^~^. .^~^$$@@##
##@@$$^~^. .. ^^ ~~ THE GOLDEN ~~ ^^ .. .^~^$$@@##
@$^~^^.... ##@@$$ M $$@@## ....^^~^$@
#@@@$$^~^. .^~^$$@@@#
@@$$^^.... LETS HEAR IT FOR ....^^$$@@
##@@$$^~^. ^^^ MC DONALDS ^^^ .^~^$$@@##
###@$$^~^. .^~^$$@###
@$$$~..... WHAT CAN I DO YA FOR .....~$$$@
##@@$$^~^. .^~^$$@@##
@@@@$$^~^. ^ CHEESEBURGER ^ .^~^$$@@@@
@$^~^..... ^ NUGGETS ^ .....^~^$@
##@@$$^~^. ^ DOUBLE CHEESEBURGER ^ .^~^$$@@##
###@$$^~^. ^ FRIES ^ .^~^$$@###
@@$$$^^... ^ CARBONATED WATER ^ ...^^$$$@@
###@$$^~^. ^ BEARNAISE DIP SAUCE ^ .^~^$$@###
@@@$$$^~^. ^ BIG MAC ^ .^~^$$$@@@
##@@$$^~^. ^ COFFEE ^ .^~^$$@@##
@@$$^^~^.. ..^~^^$$@@
@$$~^^.... @@@@@ ^ @@@@@ ....^^~$$@
@@@$~^.... ....^~$@@@
@$~^^^^... IT ALL BEGAN A THOUSAND YEARS AGO IN ...^^^^~$@
@$$^^..... LIKE THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY. A DARK .....^^$$@
@@$$$^^~^. FIGURE EMERGED FROM A TAVERN AFTER A .^~^^$$$@@
@@@$^^^... FEW YEARS APPRENTICESHIP, WITH AN IDEA. ...^^^$@@@
@@$$^^^^^. IT WAS ILLEGAL TO SELL FOOD IN THE .^^^^^$$@@
##@@$$^~^. REGION FOR EVERYBODY EXCEPT THAT TAVERN. .^~^$$@@##
@@$$~..... .....~$$@@
@@@@$$^~^. BUT MARIGOLD DIDN'T CARE. .^~^$$@@@@
##@@$$^~^. .^~^$$@@##
@$^~...... SHE BEGAN PUTTING DRIED LIZARD MEAT ......~^$@
##@@$$^~^. BETWEEN TWO BREAD SLICES, OPERATING OUT .^~^$$@@##
@@$^^..... OF A CART, NOT STAYING IN THE SAME .....^^$@@
@@$$$^^^^. PLACE LONG. IN THE DAY SHE SLEPT, IN .^^^^$$$@@
###@$$^~^. THE EVE SHE SOLD HER WARES, AND IN THE .^~^$$@###
##@@$$^~^. NIGHT SHE POACHED. .^~^$$@@##
##@@$$^~^. .^~^$$@@##
##@@$$^~^. AFTER A FEW YEARS, MARIGOLDS FOOD CART .^~^$$@@##
##@@$$^~^. HAD A REPUTATION. SHE CALLED IT .^~^$$@@##
##@@$$^~^. ^. THE GOLDEN M .^ .^~^$$@@##
##@@$$^~^. AND PEOPLE TALKED ABOUT THE GOLDEN M. .^~^$$@@##
@@$$$$^~^. THE OLD TAVERN HAD THEIR MONOPOLY AND .^~^$$$$@@
###@$$^~^. 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! .^~^$$$@@#
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