Sun Mote Copse You may think at first I'm as mad as a hatter

Phox saw fit to join her in her dilemma, but Phox underestimated the imaginative capabilities of his younger children. Not only was Alyx now upset that she was dirty, but when her father rose from the mud and grinned at her, she saw only a ginormous mud monster that obviously had eaten her daddy, because he was nowhere to be seen.

AAAH! she shrieked in terror, turning to flee from the mud monster, only to slip on the muddy ground and fall face-first into it. She was about to be eaten for sure, and now she was a complete mess. Alyx was so upset with all this that all she could do was contort her face into a silent wail.