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*Mzaho tsy niiJa anao/' hoy Yorosinenge, 'Mha voro homa kijalinjaly/' (1) 

 Nandeha noly koa ry Bobake, ka niavy koa Refihiake. — *Mzaho avy cto Re Vorosi- 

 nenge, fa mila anao ho valy." — '^ Tsy rnila anao aho, iha voro mandravarava anak* 

 akohon-o]o," hoy Vorosinenge. Noly koa Fihiake. 



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Avy koa Treotreo nila aze. '^ A, hoy VorosineEge, voro niantsy vava ilia, 

 zaho tsy mila anao." 



Farany avy eo koa RESAMAKE nila aze, nanao izao : ^^ Izaho lahy Vorosi- 

 nenge, mila anao ho valy, fa tea anao aho," 



*' Izaho tsy tea anao^ lioy Vorosinenge. Iha voro lava vozo, lavarandro, mijoa 

 siky mainty." La noly avao ny'samake. Farany avy koa Retoloho nila aze ho valy, ka 

 neken' i Vorosinenge." '^ Izaho tea anao ka mete aho/' Iioy ie. 



La nandesin' i Toloho ie. — ^^Akory," hoy ny lahy, *'fa tsika hanamhara 

 raiamandreninao ane." — '* A/' hoy Vorosinenge '^ izaho tsy hanamhara/' Fa tsy tean- 

 ny raiko ny hanambaliako anao. Fa laha hanambaly isika la manambaly amin' izao 

 avao." — ''Zahotsy mahay valia tsy nambara amin' ny ray aman-dreny," hoy i Toloho, 

 Nasitriny am-bondro be i Vorosinenge, la nengany tao folak-elatse tsy afake hihelsi- 

 ke. — Eo ie, eo ie. Tomily mbanabo mbene i Gaga. 



Nikaike aze Vorosinenge : '* E, nareo Gaga, likanao lohako, mbi alaovy zao 

 raiko amandreniko ane e : malilo la malilo Vorosinenge fa narian' i Toloho ambondro 



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be. 



" Adala iha," hoy Gaga. '' Izaho nataonao voro mihaly lolo ro irahinao ? Fa- 



tesa ao laha mate iha." Roso ie. 



Eo i Vorosinenge nihalemy. Tomily mbanabo mbene koai Bobake : Nokaiheny 

 koa : '' E, nareo Bobake, likanao ny Johako mba ataov' izao raiko aman-dreniko anee: 

 malilo la malilo Vorosinenge fa narian' i Toloho am-bondro be. 



'* Adala iha ! Izaho nataonao voro homa kijalinjaly ro irahinao ?" hoy i Boba- 

 ke, '' Fatesa ao, [aha mate iha, fa tsahoako." — Eo i Vorosinenge fa nihalemy mare, 

 avy koa i Treotreo I '' Treo-treo-treo, treo, treo, treo ! " 



Nikaike aze Vorosinenge ta malemy ny feony ! Treotreo e, likanao ny lohako, 

 samatanao aho, mba ataov' izao ny raiko amandreniko ane. Malilo la malilo aho, fa 



narian' i Toloho am-bondro be." 



'' Adala iha," hoy Treotreo. ^' Izaho nataonao voro mantsy vava ro irahinao ? 



Fatesa ao laha mate, fa tsahoako ane." 



Farany nandalo teo ampela-be nanday zaza roe zay, rendroze fivolanan' i 



Treotreo nitrivotrivotse. 



" Ino zao V hoy zaza reo. — '' Nay anie I "' " Malilo la malilo aho, fa narian* 

 i Toloho ambondro be," malemy feo mar^ee i Vorosinenge. — " Olo-marare zao, hoy 

 f ampela be, ndaotsika hanente aze." 



Nilitse ambondro be ao reo hanente ny olo nitaray, ka indro Vorosinenge, 



narian' i Toloho. 



" Fa mate hoy roze, fa ilaintsika tamango handeveiian' aze." — Antea'ndroze 



nibo velo, fa ny ilany fa lo sandrany. — La nandesindroze ka la avy amin' ny lanan- 

 dray amandreny ka la velo indraike, nanjary olo soa. 



(1) Bibilava. 



