In this way the end came . For the heart of Shasasa , the daughter of Gopani-Kufa , went forth to Butou the traitor , and from her he learnt the secret of the Magic Mirror . One night , when all the town slept , he felt beneath her pillow and , finding the Mirror , he stole it and fled back with it to Rei , the chief of the white men . So it befell that , one day , as Gopani-Kufa was gazing up at the river from a window of the palace he again saw the war-canoes of the white men ; and at the sight his spirit misgave him . ` Shasasa ! my daughter ! ' he cried wildly , ` go fetch me the mirror , for the white men are at hand . ' ` Woe is me , my father ! ' she sobbed . ` The Mirror is gone ! For I loved Butou the traitor , and he has stolen Sipao from me ! ' Then Gopani-Kufa calmed himself , and drew out Zengi-mizi from its rush basket . ' O spirit of my father ! ' he said , ` what now shall I do ? ' ' O Gopani-Kufa ! ' hummed the wasp , ` there is nothing now that can be done , for the words of the antelope which you slew are being fulfilled . ' ` Alas ! I am an old man -- I had forgotten ! ' cried the chief . ` The words of the antelope were true words -- my reward shall be my undoing -- they are being fulfilled ! '
Then the white men fell upon the people of Gopani-Kufa and slew them together XXXXX the chief and his daughter Shasasa ; and since then all the power of the Earth has rested in the hands of the white men , for they have in their possession Sipao , the Magic Mirror .
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