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There were two McDonalds—Mac and Dick—and they were brothers. In 1948, they owned a restaurant in California, USA. They like working in the restaurant, but they got tired of the customers ordering so many different things to eat. “If we gave customers a smaller menu, we could prepare some of the food in advance, and they wouldn’t have to wait so long for their meals,” said one of the brothers. The other brother agreed and added, “If we made the customers come to the counter, we wouldn’t need any waiters or waitresses. We could also use disposable plates so there wouldn’t be any washing-up to do.” These were such good ideas that the brothers used them, and the customers were very pleased. They got their meals at lightning speed—in less than a minute— and paid only fifteen cents for hamburgers and ten cents for fries. The first McDonald’s restaurant had no seats for customers to sit on. This meant that people had to take their food away and that no one had to clean up any tables after them. Then a man called Ray Kroc came to see the brothers. He wanted to purchase their business. They agreed to send it to him for US $27 million. After that, people said Ray Kroc for the right to open their own restaurants using the McDonald’s name and menu. Before long, there were McDonald’s restaurants throughout the United States, and nowadays they are all over the world—even in China and Russia. McDonald’s restaurants are successful because children love going to them. They hand out toys and games and the children love the food.