.~=^=%#### ======================================== ####%=^=~.
.~=^=%####  % 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). ========= ###==^^=~.
.~=^=%#### ======================================== ####%=^=~.