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hollow reed

On-Yomi: ロ

Koohii stories:

1) [adrianbarritt] 19-1-2008(34): You must play a tune using a hollow reed, to open the secret door hidden beneath the flowers.

2) [astridtops] 18-2-2007(13): Ancient superstition requirs you to adorn your door with hollow reed and flowers, but nobody knows the purpose anymore.

3) [dihutenosa] 29-7-2008(7): I was sitting in my house when all of a sudden the SWAT team came through and teargassed my apartment! I couldn't breathe, but no way was I going to go outside and get shot! Thinking quickly, I grabbed one of the hollow reeds I'd bought at the garden shop and stuck it under the back door and breathed deeply. The SWAT team was at the front - they'd never suspect a thing. But I forgot I'd just finished planting flowers in the back and sucked one in, clogging the hollow reed…oh no…

4) [cameron_en] 14-11-2008(5): "Hollow Reed!" said the flower. "Oh, Hollow Flower," said the hollow reed, "the door's open, come on in!".

5) [CasualTatsumaki] 12-7-2010(2): Ant engineers strip a flower and use the hollow reed to break the seal of the refrigerator door and get in.

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