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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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#@#@==«~..                  «#=#«                   ..~«==@#@#
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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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