&,,&&&,&,, ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ,,,,&,&&,,
&&,&,,&&&, * 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). ~~~~~~~~~ ,,,,&&,&,,
,&&&&,&,&, ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ,,,,&,&&&,