It&#x27;s an old strategy. I was reading Grimm&#x27;s Fairy tales to my wife this morning and the brave little tailor used the same clever approach.<p>* * *<p>Leaping into the woods, he looked to the left and to the right. He soon saw the two giants. They were lying asleep under a tree, snoring until the branches bent up and down. The little tailor, not lazy, filled both pockets with stones and climbed the tree. Once in the middle of the tree, he slid out on a branch until he was seated right above the sleepers. Then he dropped one stone after another onto one of the giant&#x27;s chest. For a long time the giant did not feel anything, but finally he woke up, shoved his companion, and said, &quot;Why are you hitting me?&quot;<p>&quot;You are dreaming,&quot; said the other one. &quot;I am not hitting you.&quot;<p>They fell asleep again, and the tailor threw a stone at the second one.<p>&quot;What is this?&quot; said the other one. &quot;Why are you throwing things at me?&quot;<p>&quot;I am not throwing anything at you,&quot; answered the first one, grumbling.<p>They quarreled for a while, but because they were tired, they made peace, and they both closed their eyes again. Then the little tailor began his game again. Choosing his largest stone, he threw it at the first giant with all his strength, hitting him in the chest.<p>&quot;That is too mean!&quot; shouted the giant, then jumped up like a madman and pushed his companion against the tree, until it shook. The other one paid him back in kind, and they became so angry that they pulled up trees and struck at each other until finally, at the same time, they both fell to the ground dead.<p>Then the little tailor jumped down. &quot;It is fortunate,&quot; he said, &quot;that they did not pull up the tree where I was sitting, or I would have had to jump into another one like a squirrel. But people like me are nimble.&quot;<p>Drawing his sword, he gave each one a few good blows to the chest, then went back to the horsemen and said, &quot;The work is done. I finished off both of them, but it was hard.<p>* * *<p><i>From The Brave Little Tailor by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm</i>