#@#&¤*;~~. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ .~~;*¤&#@#
&*;~~..... ¤ 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). ~~~~~~~~~ .~~;*¤&&&#
&¤¤;;;~... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ...~;;;¤¤&