Dwarf Of Uxmal Research Paper

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The Dwarf of Uxmal In Kabah during the Mayan Golden Age, There was a witch in a cave, she was tending the fire when the egg shed found a while back started to hatch. Out of the egg came a little human. It was a dwarf. The dwarf quickly became the happiness of the witch’s old heart. The witch spent most of her time by the fire for she hid here ‘tunkul’ there. The dwarf got ahold of that tunkul and made a sound so loud that the king of Uxmal heard it and thought that it was a bad omen. He asked the same dwarf to build a road from Uxmal to Kabah. The dwarf agreed and made the road but made a test. The king agreed to try this test but only if the dwarf went fist. The dwarf walked through the test with no trouble. When the king went through he

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