Rickon did not know what was happening all round him. There was mud everywhere, and his head hurt very much, and the monster was making an awful sound and something--Rickon did not know what it was, really, but it looked a great deal like a robot from one of the picture books Papa Jack had given him--was fighting the monster. It was just too much for such a small boy, so Rickon yelled, "Wobot!" and continued to cry.