Picturesque Porto Rico: Stories and Poems |
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Agustín Alfonso Antonio Apollo asked basket Beatriz beautiful began Benito Bernabé Blas Boriquén Boriqueños bridge cacique Cándido Peña Caparra Carlitos Carnival Casimiro cats Cibuco River circus Cirilo coconut head Coquí cried Don Clemente Don Pedro Don Perico Don Renaldo Don Tomás Doña Leonor Doña Sara dream Esteban exclaimed eyes face father fear Filipo fishermen FLYING SHARK friends Gambo girl gold grange Guaitiao happy heard horse Indians island Juan Cerón Juan González Juan Ponce knew laughed live looked Los Reyes Católicos María Matilde Maunabo Miss García morning mother mountains Naranjal never Nicolás night once paint Pancho Paquita Pavín Pepín plants poor Porto Rico queen river Rodrigo Rosalía Rosario San Juan Señor ship smile Spain stood story strange Suddenly tell things thought Tobalito told Tomás Santolaya trees Utoaya watch wondered Yacoa yautía yellow young
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