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5. — Andpiananahary amin-dRatane. 



Ny raha etc an-tane iaby tea — no nifanarahandroze roe mivaly, fa ny Fanihe 



avao hoe ro nampialy androze, 



'' Raty aiidro iiie, noho lozan-draha ny tarehany, andao ariontsika, fa raty 

 loatse," hoy Audriananahary. — '^ Izaho tsy hanary." hoy Ratane. 



Laha izaho ie, ka anao iha raike moa ie, "hoy Andriananahary." Ka ampanen- 



teo aminao reniny, fa ka ampanente ahy, fa halako." 



Izao ro mampiraverave, mampihanto ny fanihe mampanehte aze manambany 

 hoe. 



6. — Ny fandehanan-olo* 



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Nisy lehilahy raike atimo nanah' ahka raike, Nisy ampela raike avaratse na- 



naiV akoho raike, 



Nandeha lehilahy io nahavaratse amin' ny alikany. Nimosare ie ka nihaly sosa 



nihina. Nandre fa ale, nifoha koa laha maray. — Nandeha aloha n' alikany. 



Lalia fa maraindray nizotso akohon' ny ampela ihe. Hitan' ny alika ie ka hi- 

 neany. Nitily anabo ana ny n' akoho. Tsy teo ny tompony fa nandeha nila hane. 



*^ Ino raha misokake eto," hoy ny lehilahy nahita ny tranon' ny ampela. Nipe- 

 trake eo ie, ka niavy bak' ao koa ampela iiie. Nitserike laha nahita olo. ^' Biby/' hoy ie* 

 Fa no vonjeko ndra manao izao.'' 



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" Avy aho ndra biby iha," hoy ie asany lehilahy. 



Iha ro biby," hoy koa ie. — Eo roze, ka la namonje aze antrahony ie. "Isjka 

 nampifankahitan' Driananahary, ndra sambihafa ny vatantsika, ka ndaotsika hilongo 

 ka hiharo petrake." Naneke n' ampela, ka nifanambaly roze, la terake ka niiiamaro. 



Laha fa nimaro roze nanonga riake ine, ka nilany iaby n' olo. Senkahany 

 tavela fivaliany raike avao, napetrak' Andrianaiiahary antinana aiie, — Niterake koa 

 roze, nihamaro. ~ " Handeha hila tane aho," hoy zazalahy raik' izay. — *' Ka man- 

 deha iha, no tsy ho mete ane avao," hoy rainy. " A, Tsy ombe ahy fitake toy," hoy ny 



zanany, ka nandeha ie. 



Roze mivaly koa nindri-lia. NivSn-daka ny lahy, niondranandroze ka la nan- 

 deha atoy. — Laha niavy atoy nifitake andriake ntse roze, fa tsy nahita hane, Koririke 

 avao ro nihanendroze. — Niterake koa roze, ka laha ela niondra indraike naninina ane 



halake andrainy. 



" Ao nosy soa, zao, baba, hitako. Ndaotsika hiarakeho ahe," hoy ie tamin' ny 



rainy, ndrake ny fokony iaby. — " Izahay, hoy iV anake lehilahy ilany — tarihan' ny 

 VAZAHA, — " Tsy handeha, fa nareo soa himpoly ane." 



Nandeha niondra roze nafiatoy, ka la tonga aty. 



Olo roe lahy tamin-droze nizats' ala, ka nilits' ala nifitake tao maham- 

 pe herinandro raike, vao niavy antraho. — " Nareo, hoy raindroze. Tsy hamboly ? " 



Nihelofany reo, ka tinokiny : " Izay raha tsy ambole ro ho hivelomanareo ! " 



La nanjary mikea roze. (Tulear) 



