Pitirre

"Juntáronse Mar y Océano y de esa unión nacieron las Antillas.
Pronto se llenaron de vida y verdor, un manto de esmeralda sobre sus pieles desnudas, y entre todas era la isla de Boriquén quien más presumía de su belleza. Se levantó el palo de Ceiba, el corazón de Boriquén, en la cima de la montaña más majestuosa de la isla. Desde allí contempló todo su esplendor, atrayendo con su belleza aves de todas partes. Decidió crear él mismo el ave más espléndida, quien presidiría sobre todas las demás. Y comenzó a pintarla..."
El pitirre apenas mide nueve pulgadas y pesa menos de dos onzas. El Guaraguao de Bosque mide el doble y pesa nueve veces lo que el Pitirre. -Entonces de dónde sacan los pitirres las agallas para hacerle frente al imponente Guaraguao?
"Pitirre" explora a modo de fábula la historia detrás de la riña.

Ever since I remember I have loved books. My mother... excuse me, Santa Claus and the Three Magic Kings used to give me classic books for the holidays, such as The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Treasure Island, Starship Troopers, etc. Some were books I adored, others (Starship Troopers) I didn't bother to read until way later, when I was at college... and also loved. However, it wasn't until a New York trip in which my cousin lent me his copy of Jurassic Park (the movie hit theaters that summer, and he wanted me to read it before we went to see Spielberg's take) that I began my fandom literary stage, beginning with Michael Crichton.
A few years later, I decided to take on writing.
So here I am, at the beginning of the 21st century, using the tools that communications technology places in our hands, tools that now allow every person on the planet with an internet connection instant visibility with thousands others. Not exactly the future of Arthur C. Clarke's 2001 (or even Zemeckis' Back to the Future II's), but a pretty cool one. And one with enormous potential.