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La roso ie nanambara an' i Tsimalahoke, fa tsy liitany fitrebike nindraniiny 

 iiie ; ndrake ny hasolo aze koa tsy niisy. '' E/'. hoy tsimalahoke, '^ fa ie, ho haneko 



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n' anakao ndrake nv zafinao voho kitronao rekitse zaRndohaUkao, ho solon' nv fitrebi- 

 ko narianao zay." 



IZAO HOE RO IHINAN' NY TSIMALAHOKE N'ANAKAKOHO NDRAK' ANITO 

 NDRAK' ANANY KA NY ANAOVAN' NY AKOHO EHE TS' IE ! T3' IE I 

 Koa mho anatin' ny filaiVaze zao fi' akoho, ka tsy ambelan' ny tsimalahoke ie 

 laha tsy mahita aze, fa lozan-draha inahe mitake ny rahany. 



46# — Ny voay amin-dpelambo. 



Nifankatoje hoe ny voay ndrake ny larabo, ka sambe nitsiriry vata. Nitro 

 lambo ine ka nanao izao : " Efo ! Efo ! zaho himbo fanohara io, laha tsy mahay ahy 

 iha:" — '* Y ! hoy ny voay, mavande iha, ndra fanohara iha, tantenao alio? 

 " Ake,"hoy ny lambo '* Iha lahy tsy zatse ahy ? Mahaloza ahy io — izao : Mihaly 

 tane tsy amiii-antsoro aho, raipai-tsakoa tsy amim-bato, voho mamatsi-katay tsy 



amim-pamaky." 



Voay: "Edey! Mahaloza anakahy — izao : Mifltake andrana alio — tsy 



lo (tsy momoke), mifltake an-tety aho — tsy herike; ka zay tanako — tsy vototse 



Fa tsy nivola koa roze, fa la nifatnonje, ka la nifamango amin' izao, tsy nisy 



atake fa sambe nimate. 



ZAO HOE RO TSY lALIAN' NY LAMBO NDRAKE NY VOAY NDRAK' ANIO 



NDRAK' ANANY. 



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47. — VoaY amin' ny tambotpike 



Indraik' andro nandeha nanasa tinain-kena an-drano ane i tambotreke. Koa 

 laha nitelena rano ine niren' i voay ine imbony ine, ka namonje an' 1 tambotreke ie ka 



nangatake. Nivola tambotreke ka nanao izao : 



" TSIK-FO TSIK-FO 1 tsy hanome aho." Tserike voay ine, "faraha kely io 



biby io, ka no mirehareha amiko," hoy ie, ka nametsevetse handrava aze ie. 



Nivola indraike voay ine: " Aleliko rekitse tinain-kenanao an' iha vale ? " 

 Tamhotreke : "Tsik-fo mbaeteleno vale, laha sakinao ; " feo ambany ro ivola- 



nany. 



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Voay : " Y ! Mahatante ahy iha ? " 



Tambotreke : *' Mba ateleiio moa, fa kely aho I " 



La namonjy aze voay, ka nakapony tambotreke ine rekitse tinain-kena. "Akory 

 zao ? " hoy ie, " Liniso fa mbo hahazo ahy iha," hoy tambotreke. -La natelin' i voay 

 ane tambotrike, ka mbo tsy nanahy ntse ; ie anatin' ny feony ine ie fa nivokoke. Ni- 

 toreotoreo voav fa marani-bolo moa ny tambotrike, ka naharare aze. 



Nitely'ka nitoreotoreo voay, fa tsy nihetsike tambotrike. Laha fa niela niso- 



