.~=*†%#@@# ======================================== #@@#%†*=~.
..~=*†%#@@  % 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). ========= @@#%†*=~..
.~=*†%#@@# ======================================== #@@#%†*=~.