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¶¶¤¤¤%:~:. FIGURE EMERGED FROM A TAVERN AFTER A .:~:%¤¤¤¶¶
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##¶¤¤%:~:. IT WAS ILLEGAL TO SELL FOOD IN THE .:~:%¤¤¶##
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#¶¤¤::.... SHE BEGAN PUTTING DRIED LIZARD MEAT ....::¤¤¶#
##¶¤¤%:~:. BETWEEN TWO BREAD SLICES, OPERATING OUT .:~:%¤¤¶##
##¶¤¤%:~:. OF A CART, NOT STAYING IN THE SAME .:~:%¤¤¶##
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##¶¤¤%:~:. NIGHT SHE POACHED. .:~:%¤¤¶##
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¶¶¤¤¤%:~:. AFTER A FEW YEARS, MARIGOLDS FOOD CART .:~:%¤¤¤¶¶
#¶¤::..... HAD A REPUTATION. SHE CALLED IT .....::¤¶#
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##¶¤¤%:~:. 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. .:~:%¤¤¶##
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¤¤:::::::. AFTER THIRTY YEARS, A MAN NAMED .:::::::¤¤
##¶¤¤%:~:. NICHOLAS FOUND THE CART. HE WAS A .:~:%¤¤¶##
¶¤%:~~~~:. CURSED ENTREPRENEUR (THEY ALL ARE .:~~~~:%¤¶
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###¤¤%:~:. COURSE THOUGHT IT A GOOD IDEA TO FOLLOW .:~:%¤¤###
¶¤¤:~..... IN MARIGOLDS FOODSTEPS. .....~:¤¤¶
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¶¶¤¤%::~:. QUICKLY FELL INTO INFAMITY. HOWEVER HE .:~::%¤¤¶¶
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¤¤¤%:::::. TRYING. THE TAVERN DIDN'T CARE FOR HIM .:::::%¤¤¤
##¶¤¤%:~:. SINCE NOBODY BOUGHT HIS FOOD ANYWAY .:~:%¤¤¶##
##¶¤¤%:~:. (AND ALSO THEY HAD EXPANDED TOO .:~:%¤¤¶##
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##¶¤¤%:~:. EARTH IN THE FIFTIES. .:~:%¤¤¶##
##¶¤¤%:~:. UPON FINDING OUT THAT EARTH HOLDS NO .:~:%¤¤¶##
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¤¤¤:~..... THEN HE GOT SCAMMED OUT OF THE CART BY .....~:¤¤¤
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##¶¤¤%:~:. RENAMED THE BUSINESS AFTER HIMSELF. .:~:%¤¤¶##
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