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