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@@@@£^/~,. , BEARNAISE DIP SAUCE , .,~/^£@@@@
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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. .,~/^£@@@#
#@@@£^/~,. .,~/^£@@@#
@@@@£^/~,. 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 ....,,/^@@
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#@@@£^/~,. COURSE THOUGHT IT A GOOD IDEA TO FOLLOW .,~/^£@@@#
@@^//,.... IN MARIGOLDS FOODSTEPS. ....,//^@@
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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 .,~/^£@@@#
@£/~,..... QUICKLY, SUCCUMBED TO CORRUPTION, AND .....,~/£@
@@@@£^/~,. WAS IN THE PROCESS OF FALLING APART). .,~/^£@@@@
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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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