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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 , *=\=,.....
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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. ##&*=\=,..
.,=\=*&### ###&*=\=,.
..,=\=*&## 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. &*=\=,....
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..,=\=*&## & \ & ##&*=\=,..
.,=\=*&### ###&*=\=,.
..,=\=*&## AND THE REST IS HISTORY! ##&*=\=,..
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