¨¨¨¨¨¨¨^~=                                          =~^¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨^~                                          ~^¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
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¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨^~                                          ~^¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨^~=                                          =~^¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨^~==             === clarinet ===             ==~^¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨^~==$                    ~#~                   $==~^¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨^~==$#                                          #$==~^¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨^~==$## the clarinet is a  darkish  tube  with a ##$==~^¨¨¨
¨¨^~==$### blow hole and a  music hole, in separate ###$==~^¨¨
¨^~==$#### ends.  on   it's  side  are  levers  and ####$==~^¨
¨¨^~==$### buttons to guide its unfathomable power. ###$==~^¨¨
¨¨¨^~==$##                                          ##$==~^¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨^~==$# it was  designed for  humans but  can be #$==~^¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨^~==$ used   by   any   being   with   blowing $==~^¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨^~== capabilities and at least some  fingers. ==~^¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨^~=                                          =~^¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨^~                   ~#=#~                  ~^¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨^                                          ^¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨^~ the clarinet  can  be  thought  of  as a ~^¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨^~= pasttime  or  a  tool,  but  also  as  a =~^¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨^~== weapon.  as  such  it  has been used  in ==~^¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨^~==$ many  campaigns,  but  at  the  time  of $==~^¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨^~==$# writing  it  has  been   lost  for  over #$==~^¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨^~==$##               fourty years               ##$==~^¨¨¨
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