FOLKLORE SAKALAVA 



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TOKO ; FAHATELO 



TAMPASIRY HABIBIA 



A. TAMPASIRY BIBY NOHO OLO 



23. — Ivapike ndpake Imapomiha. 



Teo Ivarike ndrake Imaromiha. 



lo Imaromiha io tsy anipela, faandro vaky. Koa amin' izao ny tany iaby ^ndra 

 avaratsa, ndra atirno, ndra andrefa, ndra antiuana — nihodo hila aze. Fa tsy nahazo 

 aze, tany tsy nila olo valieny mandeha amonto hoe, io ampela soa io. 



Laha fa nalaza ny tsi-fahazoafi' aze, mba nahare koa Ivarike tan' ala ane, ka 

 namotopototse ehe : Mba ino lahy, ro tsy imetean' izao ampela zao hoe ? — Tsy tea 

 olo mandeha amonto zay ie, hoy ny navalin' ny olo aze. 



Ho ane aho, hoy Ivarike, mba haiienteako aze. 



Ka izao ny fanahy nataony : Naiiday ondevo roe ie, ka la nalainy ine ohiny ine, 

 nataony sadia. Ny holiny nataony siky jiba, ka la nila fandefa volon-do ndrake lefo 

 renatra roe ie, Tsy miova tsy izao koa ireo ondevony ireo. 



Roso roze, ie avy ane ie, la nila. Ka naiiontany ny fandehanan-amontony 

 ampela ine. Narnaly ie, fa tsy mana. — La nimete ampela ine, ka nivola tamin-dnifoza- 

 ny koa ie, ka la tsy nanan-tohatoha ny rafozan' olo. Ka la roso nandesiny. 



Nauday ondevo roe Imaromiha. Nandeha roze, ka tampeko nahunipy andro 

 telo tonga ao amin' izao lakatom-bato be izao roze. Hoen' izaony fariahin' Ivarike : "Mi- 

 fitaha eto ntse nareo, fa haiiambara ndrake hampihentse li' olo an- tana ane zahay, fa 

 mariny zao ny lana. " — Roso ane roze telo laliy liangalatse akoho, fa io lavake io ro 

 misy an-droze, ka vaudendroze avao. — Ie hariva roze uinipoly bak' ao ka nanao jihe 

 ehe : " Zaho maiieno zao, varike, zaho raanenozao Hoa ! " Fa nahajanjy reo telo ampela 

 reo, vao avy roze. — Tsy nete niroro ondevo-ampela raike atao ehe : Farazaza zay, fa 



nahare ny bekon-droze nanao hoehe : 



''Zaho maneno zao varike, zaho maiieno zao varike I Iloa ! " Kinobokobony 

 androze reo vavynamany, nanao ehe : Mifohaza nareo, fa hombe biby valintsika rey," 

 La nifoha koa roze, ka la bak' indro — nanjary olo hahae varike rene, nanao izao : 

 *'lntov iV akoho bak' ane, fa mbo sosotse i babako, ka laha hamaray handcha ho ane 



isika. " 



Roze telo vavy fa nahay hahae, ka tampeko nandeha koa roze telo lahy, nolay 



koa irene ampela Irene holy. 



La no^ay roze, ka la nolay. 



Tampeko avy teo an-dakato teo biby rey, la namoha, ka ino ro teo, fa gonakoe, 

 Foto-kida avao ro teo, nataondreo fitake an' ireo biby ireo. Fohave tsy mety ny kida, 



kafaranysamby nandrapake roze telo lahy. 



Hombe, foto-kida ro teo ! — Fa nihaiudroze amin' izao fa noly ampela rey, ka, 



la hineandroze. 



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