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Nihozongozoneny eo. — Nahatiaro lahilah' iiie, ka nanontany anany:*^'Ino 

 aka, toy ?" — Tsy nivola aja ine, Nampoliny maramaray ny fanontaneany. Naiigitiki- 

 tike an-tihy eo lehilah'iiie. — *^ Haiko avao iha" hoy ie. ''Hombe biby ity mandany 

 tantelinay io ?" Nitoko aze biby ine. Indraikendraike nihozongozoniny. Tsy nahatan- 

 te lehilah'ine. Nievotse ie nifoha*bak' eo, nolay. Nolay koa biby ine fa natahotse. — Na- 

 nan-tana ane leliilah' ine, nengany eo n'anany. Ie avy an-tana eo ie, nitsipike. 



Namehy angolo anany aii-a!a ao, ka ie tsofotse n' andro ie, niayy eo koa. 

 Ny rainy mbo tsy nifoha. Maraindray vao nifoha, Nivola amin' ny olo ie, nataouy tsy 

 niavy n'anany. — ^^ Anako zay, rolahy! Ino? hoy iVolo itsipihanao? — ^'Niazon- 

 doza." — *'Loza ino?'' ^^Oriho ane anako zay." 



Naboake anany ine. ^ Ingo aho fa velo" hoy anany. *^Laha mate aho/' 



hoy rainy, ^'ndra ombiaombia, handova ahy iha, fa olo nahatante raha ka tsy nata- 

 hotse." 



B. — TAMPASIRY BIBI-OLO. 



BO. — Zatovo-tsi^nataon' Dpiananahary 



^*fe. 



Eo Ndranatovo, Io Ndranatovo io mpv^njaka. Nanambaly telo ie. — Laha fa 

 nahampe maromaro andro teo valiny masay ine, nandeha nanafike ie ka nametrake 

 vola tamin' ny fihetse ka nanao zao : ^'Indreo valiko reo, ka laha terake reo, izao ro 

 alaovonareo aze : Laha misy amindroze naamorake aombeva laha raantsaka,— velomo- 

 nareo, fa teako. Fa laha mamorake akoho ro terake, arionareo fa halako." — E, hoy 

 ny fihetse an-tana eo. 



La roso ie nanafike. Koa laha fa niela niterake ny valiben' i Ndranatovo ine. 

 Ka ie nainorak' aomby ro niterake. La vineton' olo moa, fa volan-drainy. La niterake 

 koa vaty ivony, ka ie nantsakaro niterake. Ka la vinelo koa, fa tean-drainy moa. 



Fa laha niterake valy masay ine, la ie namorake akoho ro niterake, ka tsy olo 

 naterany, fa atoly. 



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Tsereke n'olo iaby, laha nahita atoly naterany ine, ka la nariandroze, fa loza, 

 ndrake fa vinolan' i Ndranatovo koa, fa halany zao terake laha mamorake akoho zao, 



Koa la nariandroze an-driake atoly ine ane. 

 Indraik' andro nisy olo nandalo, ka kinaiky atoly ine. La namonje aze le- 



hilahyine. Hoy ny atoly taminy : ''Andeso aho, ta ta-hamonje tanan'olo". Tsereke le- 



hilahy ine, tsy nivola. Fa raha man' izao tsy nihitany indraike. — Notandreren' n' 



atoly ie fahizay,fa tsy mety ie fa natahotse. — *'Laha fa izao, hoy n' atoly. *'Atontao 



am-bato aho I '' Natontan' ny lehilahy am-bato eon' atoly fa tsy nivaky. -- *'Vango 



kobay aho," hoy ie. Vinangon'ny lehilahy iuekobay, fa tsy vaky. 



^'Atontaoam-pase malemilemy aho," hoy ie. Natontany am-pase raalemilemy, 

 ka la vaky.— Laha fa nivaky ny atoly, antean' ny lehilahy, ka atao ho vintan' olo. Fa 

 sofy raike, maso raike, tafia raike, tomboke raike. 



Tsereke lehilahy ine, fa tsy nahabe vola, fa nitambava, ka farany nolay, fa 



latsakeaminy ny tahotse. 



Fa ny olo tsy vano koa, nandeha an* ala ane, ka nahita vovo am-pase 



malio nisy faiiity volamena. 



