His horse whinnied and bucked as tall figures ran in between the trees. It seemed like there were about 7 of them, hulking, terrifying giants of masked men. His servant screamed and went to run off.
Oh, but he would. The thieves quickly overpowered him, knocking him and his servant onto the ground into a snow bank while they ransacked through his saddle bags.
He slashed at his legs-and they...deflated!? The man had been wearing some kind of stilts-and now that they were down...he couldn't have been more than four feet tall- wait a minute...they were ALL standing on stilts-they were ALL dwarves-