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ka namoha : '^ Ake I" hoy ie, '^ malaky lahy, fa hena bevata ! " — Niporotake malaky 

 Vonjane, ka nanday" antsiva. 



Nisabadida roze tan-trano tao, ka nanao korake nahita be moa — ^^ Ande- 

 sonareo bak' ao lahy henantsika zao/* hoy Vonjane. Naboandroze lahilahy ine, ka 

 nambelandroze amonto eo. Lahilahy ine tsy amin-tsiky, boboke voho mita ohim- 

 pay ny tanany, — Nihariny an' ny lahilahy ine Vonjane ka nanente aze soa, ka nihai 

 ny, fa tsy mate lahilahy ine, fa velo. — La nihatake indraike Vonjane ka nanao zao : 



'^ Lanjaonareo lahy, henantsika io, fa zaho hitsioke antsivatsika toy ! " Lahi- 

 lahy ine handesendroze amin' ny nahodandroze aiie. Linanjandroze, ka nanao jihe 

 roze hoe : 



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He-na, he-na, he-na, hena ! " 



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Mitsioke n' antsivandroze Vonjane ka nanao hoe : " Vo ! Vo ! Belo (velo) an* 

 io, belo, belo an' io, belo ! — Maso mipiepie, tanany mitan-kobay, belo an' io, belo I " 



Ino lahy, volanao, Vonjane ?" hoy ny sisany rey. '' Aha ! tsy maro volaaho," hoy 

 ie. Fa manao ehe : ''^Ahy ny tanany ndrake ny tombony/' 



Naniale sisany rey : '^ Ede, iha tsy mitako ro lea ?" Manao jihe roze: Hena, 

 hena, hena, hena, hena ! 



Boboke nientanenta ny sarotron' i lahilahy ine. Ka ataondroze ehe : mate ma- 

 lemale. Nanao jihe roze, ka nitsioke antsiva Vonjane, ka anontaneandroze, ka namale 



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mira amin' ny taloha ine ie, ka ataondroze ehe: ''Ede, tsy mitako ro tea?" — Laha fata- 



loha ane lahilahy ine, nibalihaoke ka nilatsake antaue eo, ka vinangovangony kiraike- 



raike tsiboko rey, ka nimate iaby fa raike avao ro nandesiny antana aiie hantean' olo. 



Nanente aze iabv n' olo ka nitsereke. 



Koa laha fa nahita aze iaby n' olo, la vinonony, la mate. Lany tsiboko nanao 



kaboke aomben' i lahilahy ine rey, ka nanavy tsy raha n'aombeny iaby. Fa ny nomban' 



i Vonjane t&y hita. 



(Ambohibe, nohafohezina). 



15« — Lahikombo no Lahijike 



Nisy leiiilahy nanam-baly. Terake anake roe, raike Kombo raike Jike. Nanao 



zao roze mivaly : 



" Akory ny vetsevetsentsika ? Ny olo iaby velomin* anake ; fa isika avao ro 

 mamelon' anake fahizay. — Akory, ariantsika ho anaty ala ane roze? Fa mahasosotse 

 antsika avao? " 



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Amin' izay nariandroze ny anandroze roroe ane afi-ala ane. 



^^ Akory ny vetsevetsentsika, fanariandray tsika, kahoaiatsikahananik' izao?" 

 hoy Lahikombo. " Itsika," hoy Lahijike ^'handeha avao, menda hahita tana. " — An- 

 dao, hoy Lahikombo. Nandeha roze roroe, nanavaratse, fa tany lavitse nandehanandro- 

 ze. — Lahikombo nobaben' i Lahijike, fa olo ozare, ka an' i Lahikombo ny maso. 

 Laha fa nilavitse roze, nanontane Lahijike : '' Mahita tana va iha ? "^ — " Mahita aho," 

 hoy Lahikombo, — Nandroso roze, ka hoy Lahijike indraike : 



" Ino azondiako itoy? Mba j'ereo !" — '' Vola-foty'' hoy Lahikombo. *' Andeso," 



