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@††::.....  % IN THE END, IT'S RIDE OR DIE. JOIN OR .....::††@
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#¶¶@%††~:. .. %% EVENTUALLY THEY LAY THEIR EGGS, .. .:~††%@¶¶#
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###@%††~:. .. BIRD ELF CUSTOM TO LET OTHERS DEAL .. .:~††%@###
@††:...... ................... WITH THE FALLOUT. %% ......:††@
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¶%%†††~~:. %%% % BEFORE THEIR JUICE HARVESTING .... .:~~†††%%¶
#¶@@%††~:. .. ORGANS START TO CLUDGE, AND BEFORE .. .:~††%@@¶#
##¶@%††~:. . THEIR WINGS ATROPHY, AND BEFORE THEIR. .:~††%@¶##
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¶%††~:.... %%% THESE ELVES HAVE NO BELL POWER, THE: ....:~††%¶
##¶@%††~:. ..... FEY BELLS ARE CALLED BY OTHER .... .:~††%@¶##
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##¶@%††~:. %%% THEY FEED MOSTLY ON PLANT NECTAR IN. .:~††%@¶##
#@@†~..... . THEIR FIRST YEARS, RELYING ON RAINS TO .....~†@@#
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##¶@%††~:. %%%%% % THEY HAVE BUILT THEIR LARGEST .. .:~††%@¶##
#@@††††~:. . COLONY IN THE FLOATING TREE OUTSIDE .. .:~††††@@#
##¶@%††~:. OF VENEZUELA.  ANY  BIRD FROM  ANY HOUSE .:~††%@¶##
@†††~..... ................IS WELCOME HERE. % %%%%% .....~†††@
##¶@%††~:. %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% .:~††%@¶##
##¶@%††~:. %%%%% THERE'S A DESERT OF FANGS TO BE .. .:~††%@¶##
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##¶@%††~:. ~ THE LARGEST GATHERING OF SUCH ELVES .. .:~††%@¶##
###¶@††~:. ......... WILL BE IN THE FLOATING TREE ~ .:~††@¶###
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¶%%†~~.... ~~ ALTHOUGH YOU COULD FIND A SOLITARY .. ....~~†%%¶
@†~~~..... .. BIRD ELF HEXING YOU FOR STEPPING .... .....~~~†@
##¶@%††~:. ... OUT OF LANE IN YOUR OWN GARDEN, .... .:~††%@¶##
###@%††~:. ..... .BIRD ELVES FLOCK TOGETHER ....... .:~††%@###
##¶@%††~:. ........................ IF THEY CAN. ~~ .:~††%@¶##
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#¶¶@%††~:. ~~~ THEY LOOK LIKE DARK BIRDS AT FIRST ~ .:~††%@¶¶#
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¶@†††††~:. ~~~~ ~ SOME PRACTICE ANIMAL HUSBANDRY, . .:~†††††@¶
##¶@%††~:. .... ESPECIALLY MONKEYS AND SNAKES ..... .:~††%@¶##
##¶@%††~:. .......... (FOR FUR OR SCALES, ......... .:~††%@¶##
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##¶@%††~:. ~~~~ THE FLOATING TREE ABOVE ........... .:~††%@¶##
###¶@††~:. ......................... VENEZUELA ~~~~ .:~††@¶###
##¶@%††~:. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ .:~††%@¶##
@@@%†:::.. ~~~~~ THEIR CLAWS ARE LONG ............. ..:::†%@@@
##¶@%††~:. AND ROOT-LIKE, AND TRAIL AFTER THEM IN . .:~††%@¶##
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##¶@%††~:. ~~~~~~ . VARIOUS DANCES PERFORMED ...... .:~††%@¶##
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¶¶@†††:... ~~~~~~~~~ LATER THEY WILL LEARN HOW TO . ...:†††@¶¶
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