,&&&,&&,&& ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ,&&&&,&&,,
,&,,&&,&&, % 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). ~~~~~~~~~ ,,&,,,,,,,
,&&&,,,&&& ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ &,&&,,,,,,