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##@##%§†,¨ ¨¨ ,, «« THE GOLDEN «« ,, ¨¨ ¨,†§%##@##
#@##%§†«,¨ #@##%§ M §%##@# ¨,«†§%##@#
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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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#§«,¨¨¨¨¨¨ ##### † ##### ¨¨¨¨¨¨,«§#
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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. ¨,«†§%##@#
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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. ¨,«†§%####
#@##%§†«,¨ ¨,«†§%##@#
@#§†«¨¨¨¨¨ 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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####%§†«,¨ ### † ### ¨,«†§%####
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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 ¨,«†§%####
##@##%†«,¨ 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). ¨,«†§%##@#
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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! ¨¨¨«†§§###
#@##%§†«,¨ ¨,«†§%##@#
##@##%§†«, 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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