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"Ntseke, hitindrohako aze, fa mangalatseambohoko Kamitikamitike. " — Ta- 

 hake izao koa laha fa vototse alohaloha ane zaza rey, anteany bak*ao i bibibe, fa 

 mariny; nariany koa babake be nisy tantely. Tsy nahafoy hane uy bibibe, ka avy 

 antanan-draiamandreny zaza rey, sempotse afak' ay. 



^^Lisano ny tsako, ataovo roampolo valane. Mandehana hitomboke famata ny 

 sasany. Atokono valane roampolo hafa ho antsika ! " hoy ny ben' olo an-tanSi laha, fa 

 nahay, fa aneafian' i Bibibe zaza rey. 



Avy bibibe. '^ Toy zahay," hoy ny n' olo, " Valinao fa mandisa tsako, valilahi- 

 nao manery ronono. Mifitaha, tsika hihina. " — Honde famata tombohendroze ine I 

 Kinetreke tsako ine amin' ny famata. Nipetropetrotse famata. Masake nomendroze an* 

 i bibibe. Nihina la nihina bibibe. 



Lany valane folo, fa nanao beko : 



*' Madaodao hany bak' amin-drafoza, madaodao hane bak' amin-drafoza. " 



'^ Avia nareo roety, hibeko ahy 1 E, hoy zaza reo ao antana, izao ny bekon- 



droze 



'^Ny lohan' ny bibibe soa hanjary talio, vatan' ny bibibe soa hanen* koake 

 ndrake tsimalaho, tinainy soa manjary do ! " 

 A, hoy bibibe, mifitaha nareo, ka mibeko koa. 

 Tolan' ny famata bibibe, ka mate eo. 



!?• — Zatovo niompY Bibibe 



vatany. 



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Teo i Zatovo nahita atolindraha zay, nandesiny, ka lioy ie : " Ampamanaiko 

 raha toy. Nampamanainy raha, ka nifoy. — Tampeko nifoy ka biby. 



" Hareko," hoy Zatovo, " mba ho fanjakako. " 



Fa nibe, fa nihoen-aombe, fa nihoen-tsoavaly.— Tsy nivintsinane koa raha io, 

 laha fa nibe. — Nangatake amin'ny tompony ie : Anomezo ahy aombenao hohaniko 1 

 Nomen' i Zatovo aze aombe efatse. — Nateliny. Fa nibebe ny sarotrony. — Laha fa niela 

 koa nangatake aombe indraike. Nangala vositse folo. Nateliny, fa nihoen-trano ny 



Nitombo nitombo. Nisokake iaby ny menarandrany. Tserike Zatovo. "Ty vale, 



haraoty (handany) rahako," hoy ie. 



Fa valan-aombe raike koa no sakafony indraike mihina. Lany ny an' i Zatovo 



iaby n' aombe. Fa hoen-kily ny habeny. 



Laha teo koa : Omeo ahy tananao itoy, hoy biby be ine. 



Aha, tsy 'meako ; Aka t hoy Zatovo. Eo ; ie matonale ie niroro iaby n'^ olo ; 

 bakao bibibe ine, ka nakapany lian-draike avao ny tan§i reketse trano rekets' olo. 



Fa hoembohitse ny habeny. 



Neloke ny tane iaby ka namonjy an' i Zatovo. " Rahanao, Rako, ho vonoinay, 

 fa tsy noharen' olo indraike izao biby mandany tane zao." — Vonoinareo, hoy Zatovo, 

 laha matinareo, fa izaho tsy mahaleo aze. Tsy nisy naha saky namono aze, fa natahora. 



Tifire tsy maty. Toraha tsy laitse. — Nandraoke tanan' olo mbaombao le. 



aze 



Sakafo toada aze tamin' izay 



koa vohitse be. 



