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..&.&&.&..             ††† CLARINET †††             ...&....&&
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&.&.&.&&&& 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. .&&.&&.&&.
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..&&&.&&&. 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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