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.......... % 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. %% %*^~:.....
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...:~^*%&£ %%% % 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). ~~~~~~~~~ *^~:......
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