.^=**$§@##                                          ##@§$**=^.
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.^=**$§#@#                                          #@#§$**=^.
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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. §§**=^^^..
.^=**$§#@#                                          #@#§$**=^.
.^=**$§##@                  =§*§=                   @##§$**=^.
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.^=**$§#@# the clarinet can  be  thought  of  as  a #@#§$**=^.
.^=**$§#@# pasttime  or  a  tool,  but  also  as  a #@#§$**=^.
.^=**$§### weapon. as such  it  has  been  used  in ###§$**=^.
......=*§# many  campaigns,  but  at  the  time  of #§*=......
.....^*$#@ writing  it  has  been  lost   for  over @#$*^.....
.^=**$§#@#               fourty years               #@#§$**=^.
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