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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 .....«==§§
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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 ......«=§¶
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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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