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hal'a ny niantsa, liafa ny nanao jihe. Ilany nananake aombe. Nivola vaiigorombo ka 

 tsinjake, poa-basy, korake, voho riiho n' aombe ! 



Nivola hy jihe ka atao ho bararata titihen' drea ny hazo laha Iiitsalien' ny olo. 

 Nitola n' olo laha tandapa eo ka tsy nirimotse ! Bangy nola matoine. La nivola 

 mpanjaka, ka nanao zao : Zao ro volaneko aminareo valalabemandre, Ariako larivomana, 

 ka asoloko aze andevolahy in ho zain' i Hirinjavo. « Namale reniiiy ka nanao zao. Tsy 

 mahafoy any anako ine aho, fa handeha hila aze. » Roso ampela ine, ka nanarahara 

 an' i larivomana anany mbaooibao, fa nanao kily afiala ene ie, laha fa nihitan' drainy 

 i Hirinjavo. 



La narian-drainy larivomana ka Hirinjavo ndrake ny n'ondevol ahysoaine voho 

 Farazaza ro anake nandova an' i mpanjaka. 



N* asa soa mampivandravandra, fa n' asa raty mampaly voho manipihohoko- 



hoke. 



Tsv izaho ro mavande fa ny talolia. 



4. — Zatovo miia loza 



Nisy lehilahy raike niterake anake telo lahy, ka ny anaran' ny raike natao 



hoe : Zatovo, io ro talan' olo. 



Laha fa nibebe naeva hanarabaly ie, nivola tamin-drainy : « Nahare aho baba 

 fa misy raha alaou' olo lioehe loza, ka teako ny mbahahita zay loza volanen' olo la ma- 



laza zay. Ka voiano baba ny misy aze, fa hila aze aho. » 



« Ake, lahy, hoy rainy, « maty aho, fa niila loza n' anako. Ka ilae izao raiko,. 



fa fate, tsy iha ro hila fate. » 



Zaho lahy mila loza, a hoy Zatovo, ka aia zao loza zao ? » La nivola rainy na- 

 nao taminy hoe : " Laha mila loza Iha analao tantely menareny. " 



Nandeha Zatovo ka nandesiny zainy roe rey. La roso roze, ka ie fa nafana tea- 

 tea ho anjerizery ie, naliita aze reo ka la nonohy aze. Nandeha roze nanday aze, ka na- 



narake androze iaby renia-tantely irene. 



Ka tampiko niavy antana teo roze nivolrahan* ny tantely iue n' olo teo antana 



teo, ka la nivaky nolay iaby. 



La nivola n' olo hoe : Loza toy, kaia ro nanday aze ? » La ny mpanjaka ro ni- 

 tsanga nivoiaiV aze voho nanteriny ine raha ine. « Tsy loza iiie, « hoy Zatovo » fa no 

 raha masiake avao. » — "Ake", hoy n' olo, "fa loza ine, fa raha tsy mpiavy antana 

 ind raike. "Voiano koa loza hafa baba, fa mbo tsy loza ine ! " Nandeha ambaibo rozeJi 

 amindrainy, kalaha nimpoly roze nahazo hitsa-do iZalovo. " Edey, hoy fiy rainy " fa 

 hitan-dozan' anako fa nahitsa-do. Akory hilan-ombiasa falozazao mahazo antsika zao? 

 *' Tsy ilan-ombiasa zao, baba fa no raha velo ka mandeha ka azon-kitsake avao. 



" Zaho Lahimilaloza " hoy ie, ka aia zao loza zao ? " ^^ ^^ 



Laha mba ny loza Iha, "hoy rainy," ka mba amono lambofoty alio. " ' Lka, 



hoy Zatovo, fa zao ilaiko aminao. " 



Laha nitero indraike iVakoho la nifoha Zatovo, ka nalainy jamalany te o hazo 

 ka namoha andreniny ie, ka nomeany aze reo ka hoy ie : " Ingo neny jamalako reo, 

 fa zaho handeha hila i Lambofoty, ka laha reo jamala reo ro mihazonkazo, manaova 

 ifolondoy Iha, fa zaho fa mitolon'aze zay ! " 



