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