.--†^&¤### ---------------------------------------- ###¤&^†--.
.--†^&¤###  & 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). --------- ###¤&^†--.
.....-††^¤ ---------------------------------------- ¤^††-.....