In the days of square-rigged sailing ships, a sailor needed one hand for the ship and one for himself (to hang on). A hook was a simple but effective replacement for a lost hand.
Don’t forget the scale principle: weight varies as the cube of length or height, whereas muscle strength varies as the square. Half the weight of a humming bird is a tiny fraction of half the weight of Frazz’s young friend, and the bird is much stronger for its size.
“Your place or mine?”