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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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#@@&*$:~,¨                  ~&:&~                   ¨,~:$*&@@#
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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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&*:~¨¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨~:*&
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