The Legend of the Dwarf
A Yucatec-Maya tale
It was a bright, sunny day in the ancient city of Uxmal. A flock of visiting sparrows alighted on the the topmost branches of a majestic ceiba tree.
“Ooh, what a view!” exclaimed an excited young one. “I can see the whole world from up here!”
“Perhaps not the whole world,” chuckled an older sparrow indulgently, “though I must say the ruins look spectacul…
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