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Tsaka ; '* Etc koa iha fa hietake koa alio." E, hoy ny valavo. La nandeha ie» 

 ka nifonoke tamin' akata eo avao. La niavy koa valavo nila aze, ka laha fa nihainyfatao 

 an-kivoke tao tsaka, la roso ie nila motro ka noroany ny Invoke nisy an-dretsaka ine. 

 Ka nitoreotoreo,tsaka fa nimay, ka tsy nihainy hali-iavake. La nisinisiny koa valavo ta 

 mate ihehy ho namono aze ine. — Nisovavake nitoreotoreo tsaka, fa valavo nandatsa 

 aze, ka nanao ehe : " Malilo, aka, iha?" La nimate tsaka ka binaibain' ivalavo, ka ni- 

 hinany. La namira lanja koa ie, ka nandesiny izay tsy nilaniny, ka roso ie nandeha- 

 Laha jnilavitse ie nitoje tabaleke raike, ka nomeany hena. — *' Hena ino lahy andesinao 



ity ? " 



Valavo : '^ Henan-tandrake toy. '* Nomeny aze iaby ny hena, ka roso ie. 



Laha mbo nihina tsaka ine, nivola valavo ka nanao zao : Andesonao ane an' ine, fa 

 henan-dongonao ! " — ^' Ino lahy volanenao zao, " hoy ny tsaka. 



Valavo : '' Hano malaky ho' aho, tsy ho trats' olo."— Za laha fa nilavidavi- 

 tse valavo nivola indraike : " Andesonao an' ine, fa henan-dongonao." 



Tsaka : ^^ Ino lahy volanao? " 



Tsaka : *' Hano malaky ho' aho, tsy ho trats' olo." — Fa laha fa lavitse 

 mare i valavo nikaike : Andesonao an' ine, fa henan-dongonao. 



Niren' i tsaka ny volany, ka nengany eo hena ine, ka nanea an' i valavo. 

 La nifanea, la nifanea, ka la nifaiiiririke koa. Laha fa nariny aze tsaka iiie, nananike 

 valavo ka la nananike koa tsaka. Nifanea koa, nifanea koa. Nilitse an-davake valavo^ 

 ka la ekake itsaka. —Laha fa niela nandalo mariny eo i boky, ka naiiontane : " Ino 



lahy ro ataonao eo ? " 



Tsaka : " Maneam-balavo aho." 



Boky : " Ka nanino anao, lahy, valavo zao ? " 



Tsaka : " Henan-dongoko ro nampihinaneny ahy, ka izao ro aneanako aze." 



Niavy boky iiie ka nanisy raha mantsy eo am-bavan' ny lavake nisy ny valavo, 



ka mate valavo. 



ZAO HOE RO ANOLANAN' NY TSAKA NY VALAVO FA NANOME 



HENAN-DONGO AZE. 



45, __ Ny tsimalahoke ndrake ny akoho 



Eo hoe ny tsimalahoke ndrake n' akoho. Nifankazatse ndrake nifankatea mare. 

 Koa ndraik' andro zay, nindrapinjaitse (fitrebike) tamin' ny tsimalahoke n' akoho 



fa nirota. 



Laha fa niela ny nitanany aze, nitrobo fitrebike ine. 



Nila aze, namaifay tanernaramaray akoho ine, fa tsy nahila. La roso ie na- 

 nambara an' i Tsimalahoke, fa ny fitrebike nampindrameny aze, fa trobo ka tsy hita. 



*• Ake, loza 1 " hoy tsimalahoke. " Tsy mete aho, fa atavo zay hahitanao aze. 



Fa laha tsy hitanao ie, raike hoeny koa ro solonao." . -, • • 



Nievotse mitraike akoho iiie, ka nifaoke maray no hariva nila ny fitrebike ine, 



fa tsy nihitany. 



