.^=:^$&#@# #@#&$^:=^.
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.^=:^$&#@# #@#&$^:=^.
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.^=:^$#@## ##@#$^:=^.
.....^:^$& ::: clarinet ::: &$^:^.....
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....^=:^$& the clarinet is a darkish tube with a &$^:=^....
.^=:^$&### blow hole and a music hole, in separate ###&$^:=^.
....^=^$$# ends. on it's side are levers and #$$^=^....
.^=:^$&#@@ buttons to guide its unfathomable power. @@#&$^:=^.
.^=:^$&#@# #@#&$^:=^.
.^=:^^$&&& it was designed for humans but can be &&&$^^:=^.
.^=:^$&@## used by any being with blowing ##@&$^:=^.
.^=:^$&#@@ capabilities and at least some fingers. @@#&$^:=^.
.^=:^$$$&@ @&$$$^:=^.
.^====::$& =&:&= &$::====^.
...^=::$#@ @#$::=^...
...^==:^$# the clarinet can be thought of as a #$^:==^...
.....==:$& pasttime or a tool, but also as a &$:==.....
......^:$# weapon. as such it has been used in #$:^......
.^^^=::^&# many campaigns, but at the time of #&^::=^^^.
.^=:^^$$#@ writing it has been lost for over @#$$^^:=^.
....==^$&@ fourty years @&$^==....
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.^=:^^^&&@ @&&^^^:=^.
...^^=^^&& &&^^=^^...
...^^=:^&@ @&^:=^^...
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