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:¤»?!&@@## --   --   ==   the   golden  ==  --   -- ##@@&!?»¤:
~?~&§&?#@#              #§#?&§ m §&?#§#             #@#?&§&~?~
¤!»:&!#&##                                          ##&#!&:»!¤
^:»§§?#&##             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 -                ##%#&::-:.
^¤=&:§%@##                                          ##@%§:&=¤^
=!«*:?§#§#               ????? ¤ ?????              #§#§?:*«!=
':»=??@&##                                          ##&@??=»:'
'-«§¤%%@## 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   woved    to    leave ##@@?:?-~-
^--:%%@§@#         kirugu vargir entierly.          #@§@%%:--^
¤!=::§@#§#                                          #§#@§::=!¤
=!=¤:%§#@#               which he did.              #@#§%:¤=!=
:-~:%?§###                                          ###§?%:~-:
^-»=&?%§##                 ?? ¤ ??                  ##§%?&=»-^
-=»¤?!?###                                          ###?!?¤»=-
.¤«=?&%&## 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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