....~===@& ======================================== &@===~....
.....~===@ @ 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). ========= ###&@===~.
..~===@&## ======================================== ##&@===~..