Who's Max and what makes him special?

Who's Max? And what makes him special?

           Deep in the forest, well hidden and sheltered from prying eyes lied a small village. Here's where the Tiny people were living.
           The appearance of a Tiny people was very similar to that of the large people from today, with two arms and legs, one head, ten fingers and toes. Some of them grew beards, like walruses, others looked just like you and me. But, and that made them special, they were a lot smaller.
           Now, you may think 'What's so special about being tiny? Giants are way more amazing!'. But you just wait. You'll be surprised by all the things tiny people can do better than giants.

This is how their village looked like (there were of course more than three mushroom houses) :

Hidden mushroom houses

             One of the tiny people was called Max. He was the tiniest in the village. In fact, he was so tiny, that he could effortlessly climb into a yew cone or bath in a drop of morning dew - even the other tiny villagers made fun of him.
           Then he was told: 'Hey Max, how's the air down there?' or 'Oi, do you need help to reach for the highest shelves again?'. But Max just shrugged briefly and let the villagers that little pleasure. He knew, they didn't mean to harm him.
           From his position in the yew cone Max observed the birds in the sky everyday. Then he dreamed of flying and traveling the world.

 Max's journey begins

Max's position on the yew cone

       One day, when he was gazing after some swallows once again, Max decided he wanted to see the big world with his own eyes. The villagers were outraged at this formidability. 'Tiny people can't simply travel around the big world!', 'What's there to see? We have everything we need here', 'It's too dangerous. He must have lost his mind!'

        But Max didn't let the villagers demoralize him. He had sat a lot of times on his yew cone day-dreaming about the big world. I don't want to do that my whole life, Max said to himself.

       So it happenend that Max packed his daypack and stepped out of the village.