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La nanao matseroke ny ampanito roze. Laha matonale soa, kila olo miroro 

 Mahakanga tsy niroro, fa namono bengen-ampanito ie nangalareny. Rinasany benge 

 iiie matonale, tibosa manendy aze hohaneny ie raike avao. Anany nampiroroeny, soa 



tsy nahita aze mangalatse. 



Laha fa nimasake endiny an' ny benge ine, nihina ie raiko. Lnniny iaby va- 



tam-benge raike heririalen' ine, Vita ny fihinanany tinavony soli-bcnge vavan' ny 



anany, soa ho inendo. 



Lahafa nimaraindray n'andro fa niresake n' olo tao antani : "Bengen-ampa- 

 nito fa robake nangalaren' olo. la izay nareo ? Menda Mahakanga?" 



Nandeha n' olo nanontany an' i Mahakanga tafie antranony. *' Mahakanga, 

 Mahakanga! Ilia nangalafse bengen-ampanito ? " 



"Zay vava mendo solike ro vonoenareo, fa jo ro nangalatse aze." Hoy Maha- 

 kanga. ~ Tampiko nanente vavan' ny zaza N' olo, hitany fa mendo solike ie. 



Vinonondreo amin' izau zaza ine, la nimate. — Roso noly rainy, avy antra- 

 nony ane. 



" Ino talily ao ? " hoy ny valiny. 



" Tsy misy talily ao, nibo soasoa avao. Vasa koa eto ? " 



" Eto mbo tsy misy. Manao akory n' anako ine ? " Anakao ine, mbo soasoa 

 misondresondre amin' ny jado-Iahy reo; mipetrake ao an-dapa ao reo zay." 



" Nahoa baba," hoy anany Mahakanga roe sisa reo. " Indro nahoa," hoy 

 rain dreo. " Nahoa aminareo atoy," hoy zokinareo an-dapa ane. 



Nisinisinv zaza ireo fa zokindroze fa ane an-dapa ane. 



Nivola zaza nanorike an' ny talaiiolo ine. " Zaho baba, mba andeso koa ho 



an-dapa ane."'— " Eka," hoy Mahakanga. 



Laha fa nandeha koa i Mahakanga nimira avao ny fanontanean' ny anany. 

 Nentiny amin' ny toby eo ambavaranao, ka la nampamonoiny an-dapa ane mira 

 amin' ny talanolo. Mate iabv N' anany, senkany tavela ny faran-zaza. 



Koa avy koa ny nanandesany aze ho nanao ny fiataony. Fa laha nanontane 

 Mahakanga ny iaza : " Handay angady, handay firango, handay meso va ? » Ka -- 

 male ny rainy hoe : " Zaho manday iha koa handay ?'' Tsy nimete n'aja faranolo, fa 

 nanday fahizav. Roso roze mianake, niavy amin' io tane fihalian' ovy lo. Nihaly, nike- 

 trikeroze mbo volany taloha koa nataony Mahakanga : Andeso ambavarano ovmtsika 

 soa haninintsy. -Fa zaza ine tsy nanday laha tsy ovy raike nasiany firango misy hosy, 



ka nifitake nariny nanente. » , r 



Nirif^e ny rano tamin' izav, ka Mahakanga namonje ny ovy. Azon ny hrango 

 ny vavandrike ka niola mba ho afaka aze, fa nataon' ny zaza fa fia ro homan' aze ka 



nitarike ny hosy ie. . , . , ■ 



Nipotake ny firango rovitse ny sonin' i Mahakanga, niola mare la niverave- 



.„. — Ie vototse ny firango ie nivala ka niranga ampivalanany. Jampiko hilau ny 

 anany fa rovitse fere be ny vavany. " Nao baba, nao baba, ino tia ? " 



*' Voan' ny azo alio nandro io, tia," hoy rainy. 



" Hombe izao : — " Eka tia." 



Nandeha roze avy an-dapa ane. Mbo nandeha nangalatse benge koa Maha- 

 kanga. -Fa n'ilany nataony andavake, N' ilany haneny, ka linemmy solike koa ny 



''''''"' "Laha'nimaraindray avy n' olo hamono ny zaza. " Iha, hoy ireo, namono 

 bengen-ampanilo mira amin' ny zokinao reo ! " 



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