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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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