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#@#§@%†=-. .. @@ EVENTUALLY THEY LAY THEIR EGGS, .. .-=†%@§#@#
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#@†-...... .. BIRD ELF CUSTOM TO LET OTHERS DEAL .. ......-†@#
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#@#§@%†=-. .. ORGANS START TO CLUDGE, AND BEFORE .. .-=†%@§#@#
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###§@%†=-. @@@ THESE ELVES HAVE NO BELL POWER, THE- .-=†%@§###
§§%=-..... ..... FEY BELLS ARE CALLED BY OTHER .... .....-=%§§
#@#§@%†=-. .......................... AGITATORS @@@ .-=†%@§#@#
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#@#§@%†=-. @@@ THEY FEED MOSTLY ON PLANT NECTAR IN. .-=†%@§#@#
#@#§@%†=-. . THEIR FIRST YEARS, RELYING ON RAINS TO .-=†%@§#@#
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#@#§@%†=-. @@@@@ @ THEY HAVE BUILT THEIR LARGEST .. .-=†%@§#@#
###§@%†=-. . COLONY IN THE FLOATING TREE OUTSIDE .. .-=†%@§###
#@@†==.... OF VENEZUELA.  ANY  BIRD FROM  ANY HOUSE ....==†@@#
§%%==--... ................IS WELCOME HERE. @ @@@@@ ...--==%%§
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#@#§@%†=-. = THE LARGEST GATHERING OF SUCH ELVES .. .-=†%@§#@#
#§@%%%†=-. ......... WILL BE IN THE FLOATING TREE = .-=†%%%@§#
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#@#§@%†=-. == ALTHOUGH YOU COULD FIND A SOLITARY .. .-=†%@§#@#
§§@††††=-. .. BIRD ELF HEXING YOU FOR STEPPING .... .-=††††@§§
##@†--.... ... OUT OF LANE IN YOUR OWN GARDEN, .... ....--†@##
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##@#@%†=-. ......................... VENEZUELA ==== .-=†%@#@##
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#@#§@%†=-. ===== THEIR CLAWS ARE LONG ............. .-=†%@§#@#
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§@%%%†=-.. .......................... FLIGHT. ===== ..-=†%%%@§
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