#@$;~..... ---------------------------------------- .....~;$@#
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####$*;-~. .. $$ Eventually They Lay Their Eggs, .. .~-;*$####
##@$;;~...  . Usually In Warm, Tasty Places. It'S . ...~;;$@##
##$$$*;-~. .. 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, ......... ...~-;;**@
###@$*;-~. ........... Or Quality Of Blood). - ---- .~-;*$@###
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#@$*--.... ---- The Floating tree Above ........... ....--*$@#
@**---~... ......................... Venezuela ---- ...~---**@
@*;;-..... ---------------------------------------- .....-;;*@
####@*;-~. ----- Their Claws Are Long ............. .~-;*@####
####@$;-~. And Root-Like, And Trail After Them In . .~-;$@####
####@$*;-~ .......................... Flight. ----- ~-;*$@####
@*;---.... ---------------------------------------- ....---;*@
###@$*;-~. ------ . Various Dances Performed ...... .~-;*$@###
###@$*;-~. ............................... . ------ .~-;*$@###
###@$*;-~. ---------------------------------------- .~-;*$@###
###@$*;-~. --------- Later They Will Learn How To . .~-;*$@###
##$;-~.... .. Harvest Blood From Animals (Think ... ....~-;$##
###@$*;-~. ................... Mosquito). --------- .~-;*$@###
###@$*;-~. ---------------------------------------- .~-;*$@###