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Nahare an' izao niavy n' oio. Tampiko nihitanareo taiidrake. Hombe ataony 

 lehilah' ine anak-alika ireo ? 



Vinonondreo, nentindreo. Lehilah' ine tsy nahazo raha rangon' ny maran- 

 dray. N* olo iaby fa nirivirivy nanday gidro no tandrake, — Roso ndraike ie naliita tan- 

 tely : '' Lehiroa, lehiroa ! Indreto rako lali-Ndrananahare e I " Likanao aho, maro 

 andre ! Niavy koa n' olo nanohy aze, ie nahita aze tsy nahazo ndruiuo ndra ino. 



Roso koa nahita atolin-akanga : ** Lehireo, lehireo 1 0, likanao ny lohako, 

 indreto rako, fanasokason-Driananahare e 1 Madosodoso soa rako, raha reto e I" 



Hitan' olo — ka hombe atolin-akanga ; nandesiny ho aze, — Hariva iVandro. 

 N'olo iaby nirivirivytindroke. Roze fivaliany avao rotsy nanday raha, fa loha ro lin- 

 anja noly. 



Lahaeokoa roze, hoy n* anipela. *' Tsika mate-mosare, ndaotsika hitsabo tsa- 



ko. '* — ''Ndao moa,"hoy valiny. 



** Eto misy raha, " hoy h' ampela, laha fa niavy ankatsake ane roze (tany fam- 

 bolena anatyaIa.)Ho vokatse hane noheviny. 



Noly antana n'ampela halake raha. — Fa laha nahare volanyLahiseritse, na- 

 mango hali-tane ie, fa nataony fa misiy raha ambany tane, Hinaliny, la hinaliny 



nampopongy laly no bevata. 



Bak' ao koa n'ampela, '* Ino koa lavake be toy revaly ?'* 

 '* Tako iha nioa nanondro lane misy raha milive zao ? "" 

 ** Tsyman' izaolahy, fa eto tan e soa mare, laha itseleha tsako." — ** Hombe 



izao io ? " 



Nitselike tsako amin' izao roze. Nitiry soa ny tsako. 



Nivola n' ampela : " Mandehana iha hiava tsabontsika. Tokony (a maro akata 

 ny ao." Roso Lahiseritse. Laha niavy ane ie tsy N'akata ro navainy, fa tirintsako fa ma- 

 itsomaitso Irene, Niavy koa N'ampela ; tampiko hitany, fa tsy misy tsako ta vela fa ma- 



lio iaby. 



" Nao valiko, tsakontsika koa hombe navainao ? " " Iha moa nanao hoe : 



mandehana hiava tsabontsika, tsy ataoko tsako ireo akata maitso ireo moa." 



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" Adala iha, n'akata avao ro avae, izao no fanaon-olo. 



(Maintirano.) 



38. ~ Lahiebo I 



Io Lahiebo io nanan'anakeamim-baly. Ka ndraike andro ie nandeha niava 

 am-baibo ane, ka nisy anany raike nanarake aze, mba hanente raha avao. 



Laha nijilon-drainy ie, nanerenere aze mare raeny, ka nanao zao : " la roa 



lahy ?" " A, zaho," hoy zanany. 



" la io ? " " Zaho anakao." " E, ! ataoko hq olohafa." 



Nanontane aze raeny : " Akory n'ao ?" - " Mbo soa avao i ao," hoy zanany. 



"Inorotalilyao?" 



" Tsy misy, laha tsy afake zaiko ine ro marary." 



Lahiebo : ' 



zanany 



koa vahiny raike zay, ka noraen-dreniko hany. 



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