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Tinovo ho parata tsiotampolo ndrake volamena limampolo, ka rinambin' iBa- 

 naoasy. Bak' eo ie la namanta amin'ampanito. Nifaiy aze ine : "Matseroke adako ! Zaho 

 avy eto. Tena moa tsy fa olo voninon-olo reny ? Tany ataony fa mamitake tena. .Tsy 

 mamitake aho, fa no olo misotry. Tsy takats' olo ny tany andehanan-tena, izao amono- 

 an' olo renin-tenaio. — Nataoko angonia amin' izao rene aren' ny reniko rene ka navi- 

 liko. Ireto raha niazoko taminy— paratam-bolamena limampolo, — parata tsiotampolo/' 



Nampikaike n' olony ampanito ine, iaha fa naharean* izao. 



Mivoria iaby koa nareo. Oroa iaby koa kila renln-olo voho bak' eo avily, 



fa letake mare raha io. Ingo vola niazou' i Banaoasy amin' ny aren-dreniny noroan- 

 tsika. 



— Navory iaby koa ny renin-olo, navory antrano, ka noroa. Ie fa mate ie no- 

 raofe ny areny, ka natao angonia. 



Nandeha ane, nandriorio. *' Izahay mandriorio iavenedreny, aminareo 

 atoy.*' — ** Tsy mila an' izao Izahay eto" hoy n' olo iaby nombany, noly koa ireo 

 ka nanambara amin' ny ampanito, fa mamitake avao i Banaoasy, fa tsy misy olo 

 mila raha zao. 



Ah, atao akory, hoy n' ampanito. Fa vonoe androanyi Banaoasy, fa ma- 

 vande mare. Natao angonia koa ie, ka zinairindreo, fa Iaha fa harivo n' andro ha- 



vary andrano. 



Eo i Banaoasy nandine ny faran-diany. — Tampiko eo avy lehilahy raike nan- 

 dalo. — la izay lahy ? hoy Banaoasy. *' Izaho lahy." — '^ Ho aia iha lahy ?" *' Man- 



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deha mila ampela valieko, lahy.'* — " Tako izao anatingonia ity ro hahazo zanaky 

 n* ampanito, Iaha maliatante hariva, fa tsy mahefa aho." 



" Ake ! izaho kolahy mahefa, Iaha omenao ahy anak-ampanito." " Foiko, 



Qmeko lahy, tatahonao gony ampidirako anao. 



Hariva n'andro bak' ao n' olo hanente fisa. — ** Ah, mbo indro lahy, Banaoa- 

 sy, tsy nihetsike ?Mate rike androany ! "- — Ndao, ndao, ataontsika andrano I 



"Aha, ka alaonareo andrano aho," hoy ny lehilahy nila valy. Izaho tsy 

 Banaoasy ! — " Vandenao izao ! " hoy n' olo, ka natontany andrano — ka la niraboke. 



Nandeha koai Banaoasy, niavy amin' ny tana raike izay. Namotsake kary 

 ie tane amonto ane, ka io kary ionentiny am-pisia kely misompitse. Laha fa niavy ie 

 nanao body lamin' ny olo manan-kanana zay. " Izaho avy eto, Fiasy, fa manday raha 



soa aminareo atoy aviliko raha. 



" Avilinaoino moa? " — Omenay paratra folo no volamena? *' Tsy teako 

 izao," hoy Banaoasy. " Raha sarotse ity ro aviiiko parata folo ? — Akanjo roe, fela- 

 be raike. lefo roe mena-zalia, siky landy voho kipotsake feno tana ro sakiko." 



Nomen' olo aze iabv i rene raha ireiie. *' Ka sokafinareo an'ie fisia ine laha 



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tsy valik-andro, '* hoy Banaoasy." 



Bak' eo roso hamonjy ampanito koa i Banaoasy. 



" Matseroke Adako ! Izaho Banaoasy fa nadeboke andrano no avy eto koa. 

 Tsy olo mamitake moa tena, fa no halan-olo. Tsy taka-dreo ny tane nimpoliako. Ka 

 indro hananike toy, avy eto aminao aho ampanito, fa Iaha fa niavy tandrano tao aho, 

 nahita ny baban* ny ampanito ndrake ny reniny noho olo maro. Vory tao roze, samby 

 nandine te-hisafa. Izaho izao no ira-dreo mikaike anareo handeha amin-droze fa ho- 

 meny raha soa : Indreto ny siky, fela, landy, basy, kipotsake nomeny ahy, ka rambe- 

 so ho anao. fa tsymaneva aze aho." 



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