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PICKET LONGTREADER
Owner's Guide and Maintenance Manual
CONGRATULATIONS!
You are now the proud owner of a life-size PICKET! In order to obtain top performance from your Rabbit, please follow the procedures detailed in this manual to use your Bane of Birds to his full potential.
Your PICKET should arrive fully assembled. Please check that you have all his accessories (see specially chosen list below) and that you have been issued with the edition of PICKET that you ordered, as there are four:
(a) Edition I PICKET (copyright Smith, 2014)
(b) Edition II PICKET (copyright Smith, 2016)
(c) Edition III PICKET (copyright Smith, 2018)
(d) Edition IV PICKET (copyright Smith, 2020)
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS
Name: PICKET LONGTREADER (AKA Picket Packslayer, Shuffler, Ladybug, Captain)
Type: Rabbit
Manufacturers: Flint and Fay, Inc.
Description:
Edition I PICKET – short and slender, thick golden-gray fur and bright, dark eyes. Wears common buck's clothes.
Edition II PICKET – short and slightly muscular, thick golden-gray fur and bright, dark eyes. Wears soldiers clothing.
Edition III PICKET – muscular, golden-gray fur and bright eyes with paler irises. Wears the clothing of a military captain.
Edition IV PICKET – muscular, patchy golden-gray fur and bright eyes with paler irises. Missing an arm and has a limp. Wears the clothing of a military captain.
ACCESSORIES
Your PICKET unit, regardless of the edition, will be shipped to you in a protective crate. Once you have determined that you have been issued the correct Edition, please check to make sure that you have also received the following accessories:
a sword
a glider
OPERATING PROCEDURE
Your PICKET has been designed to be user-friendly and efficient. His controls are voice-activated. Please state your instructions clearly in English or Natalian.
USES
Your PICKET is a rabbit of many talents and can be utilized in several capacities about the house:
Soldier:
PICKET is a skilled warrior and is able to fight and (probably) win all your battles. He is very agile on the ground and in the air. However, if you own an Edition IV PICKET he may be slightly impaired in battle due to his missing arm and limp.
Mathematician:
PICKET is very good at math and can quickly do complicated estimations in his head.
Farmer:
After the war, PICKET took up farming and is quite willing to take over your family's garden as well. He has a great talent for growing cabbage especially.
COMPATIBILITY WITH OTHER MODELS
You will find that your PICKET's compatibility with other models stays relatively the same. He is never compatible with Birds of Prey and Wolf models. He is compatible with with most other models, especially HEATHER, WEEZIE, MAGGIE WEAVER, EMMA, and HELMER models, though less so when switched to POUTING mode. While set to POUTING mode you will find him quite averse to SMALLS model, but when set to SOLDIER mode he is devoted to protecting SMALLS.
PRECAUTIONS
Do not expose your PICKET to strong magnetic fields, electricity, excessive humidity, Birds of Prey and Wolves.
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
Q. PICKET isn't laughing or talking much. He seems melancholy. Is he okay?
A. It sounds like PICKET is switched to POUTING mode. If you switch him to SOLDIER mode he will be quite happy again.
Q. I asked PICKET for advice but he refused to give any to me. Why?
A. PICKET gave bad advice to SMALLS and it almost killed the prince. Though it's been years, he still feels bad about that.
TROUBLESHOOTING
Problem: I went to a friend's house with PICKET today. has several huskies and when PICKET saw them he drew his sword and moved to attack them! We barely got him out of the house.
Solution: PICKET is extremely opposed to wolves or anything that looks like wolves. We strongly recommend that you do not expose PICKET to dogs that look anything like wolves, and if contact cannot be avoided, take his sword away ahead of time. Perhaps that will reduce the damage.
AMUSING SITUATIONS
(1) If you buy HEATHER you can watch the siblings play Starstick in the meadow (or backyard.)
(2) If you buy the FOWLERS BOXED SET you can watch the FOWLERS at their training.
(3) If you buy HELMER and the ENEMY BOXED SET you can watch HELMER and PICKET vanquish their enemies!
(4) If you buy WEEZIE you can see PICKET and WEEZIE's cute and funny interactions! One of the funniest situations is when WEEZIE teases PICKET about being "Picket Thingstealer"!
Note: If any consumers come up with more Amusing Situations, please call 1-800-WARRIOR. Our PICKET secretary will be most interested to hear of any new scenarios.
FINAL NOTE
Due to the mortal nature of PICKET, you will find that you have not been issued with a guarantee. However, if he is taken very well care of, and has had no fatal contact with Birds of Prey or Wolves, PICKET should live for some fifty plus years. Those owners who are already used to the 6,342,000 month extended warranties issued with other products may find this rather disappointing; console yourself with the knowledge that PICKET units are much less expensive to maintain than previous units, as they do not require top-of-the-line hygiene products, or really any care at all.
