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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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