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                       3    Long before people came to Puerto Rico, hundreds of thousands of
                         parrots flew over the island and the smaller islands nearby. Iguaca! Iguaca! (ih-
                         GWAH-kah) the parrots called as they looked for deep nesting holes in the tall trees.


                       4    Down below, waves from the Caribbean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean washed the
                         island’s white-sand beaches. Delicate orchids and wide-spreading ferns, tiny tree
                         frogs, kapok trees bursting with seedpods, and big, scaly iguanas covered the land.





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