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