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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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