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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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