,,&,,,,,,, ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ &,,&,,,,,,
&,,,&&&&&,  & IN THE END, IT'S RIDE OR DIE. JOIN OR ,,,,,&&&&&
,,&,,&&&,, ,,,,,,,,  GET INTEGRATED.  &  ,,,,,,,,,, ,&&&,,&&&&
,,,,,,&,,, ,, && EVENTUALLY THEY LAY THEIR EGGS, ,, ,,&,,,,&&,
&&&&&,,,&&  , USUALLY IN WARM, TASTY PLACES. IT'S , &,,,&&,,,,
,&&&,,&,,& ,, BIRD ELF CUSTOM TO LET OTHERS DEAL ,, ,,&,,,,&&,
,,&,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, WITH THE FALLOUT. && &,,,&&,,,,
&,,,&&&&&, ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ,,&,,,,&&&
,,&,,&&&,, &&& & BEFORE THEIR JUICE HARVESTING ,,,, &,,,&&,,&&
,,,,,,&,,, ,, ORGANS START TO CLUDGE, AND BEFORE ,, ,,&,,,,,,,
&&&&&,,,&& , THEIR WINGS ATROPHY, AND BEFORE THEIR, ,,,,&&&&&&
&&&&,,&,,, , TAILS START TO SEEK THE EARTH... & &&& &&&,,&&&&&
&&&,,,,,&& &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& ,&,,,,&&&&
&&,,&&&,,& &&& THESE ELVES HAVE NO BELL POWER, THE- ,,,&&,,&&&
&,,,,&,,,, ,,,,, FEY BELLS ARE CALLED BY OTHER ,,,, ,&,,,,,,&&
,,&&,,,&&& ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, AGITATORS &&& ,,,&&&&,,&
,,,,,&,,&& &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& &&,,&&,,,,
&&&&,,,,,& &&& THEY FEED MOSTLY ON PLANT NECTAR IN, &,,,,,,&&&
&&&,,&&&,, , THEIR FIRST YEARS, RELYING ON RAINS TO ,,&&&&,,&&
&&,,,,&,,, ,,, FILTER THROUGH THE VINES OF THE ,,,, &,,&&,,,,&
&,,&&,,,&& ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ISLAND. &&& ,,,,,,&&,,
,,,,,,&,,& &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& &&&&&,,,,,
&&&&&,,,,, &&&&& & 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 ,, ,&&&&&&,,,
&,,&&&&,,& ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, CAST INTO &&&&& ,,&&&&,,&&
,,,,&&,,,, ~ THE LARGEST GATHERING OF SUCH ELVES ,, &,,&&,,,,&
,&&,,,,&&, ,,,,,,,,, WILL BE IN THE FLOATING TREE ~ ,,,,,,&&,,
,,,,&&,,,, ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ,&&&&,,,,&
,&&,,,,&&, ~~ 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. ~~ ,,,,&&,,,,
,,,,&&&&&& ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ,&&,,,,&&&
,&&,,&&&&& ~~~ THEY LOOK LIKE DARK BIRDS AT FIRST ~ ,,,,&&,,&,
,,,,,,&&&& ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ &&&,,,,,,,
&&&&&,,&&, ~~~~ ~ SOME PRACTICE ANIMAL HUSBANDRY, , &&,,&&&&&&
&&&&,,,,,, ,,,, ESPECIALLY MONKEYS AND SNAKES ,,,,, ,,,,,&&&&&
&&&,,&&&&& ,,,,,,,,,, (FOR FUR OR SCALES, ,,,,,,,,, &&&&,,&&&&
&&,,,,&&&& ,,,,,,,,,,, OR QUALITY OF BLOOD). ~ ~~~~ ,&&,,,,&&&
&,,&&,,&&& ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ,,,,&&,,&&
,,,,,,,,&& ~~~~ THE FLOATING TREE ABOVE ,,,,,,,,,,, &&&,,,,,,&
,&&&&&&,,& ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, VENEZUELA ~~~~ &&,,&&&&,,
,,&&&&,,,, ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ &,,,,&&,,&
,,,&&,,&&, ~~~~~ THEIR CLAWS ARE LONG ,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,&&,,,,,,
&&,,,,,,,, AND ROOT-LIKE, AND TRAIL AFTER THEM IN , ,,,,,&&&&&
&,,&&&&&&, ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, FLIGHT. ~~~~~ &&&&,,&&&&
,,,,&&&&,, ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ &&&,,,,&&&
,&&,,&&,,& ~~~~~~ , VARIOUS DANCES PERFORMED ,,,,,, &&,,&&,,&,
,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, , ~~~~~~ ,,,,,,,,,,
&&&&&&&&&& ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ &&&&&&&&&&
&&&&&&&&&& ~~~~~~~~~ LATER THEY WILL LEARN HOW TO , &&&&&&&&&&
&&&&&&&&&& ,, HARVEST BLOOD FROM ANIMALS (THINK ,,, &&&&&&&&&&
&&&&&&&&&& ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, MOSQUITO). ~~~~~~~~~ &&&&&&&&&&
&&&&&&&&&& ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ &&&&&&&&&&