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.....,=*** .. ,, == THE GOLDEN == ,, .. ***=,.....
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..,=***#¶# 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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..,=***#¶# ##### * ##### #¶#***=,..
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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. ¶#***=,...
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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! ##¶#***=,.
..,=***#¶# #¶#***=,..
...,=***#¶ 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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