O king ! ' answered Gopani-Kufa , ` out of all your possessions I will have the Mirror , Sipao . ' The king started . ' O friend , Gopani-Kufa , ' he said , ` ask anything but that ! I did not think that you would request that which is most precious to me . ' ` Let me think over it again then , O king , ' said Gopani-Kufa , ` and to-morrow I will let you know if I change my mind . ' But the king was still much troubled , fearing the loss of Sipao , for the mirror had magic powers , so that he who owned it had but to ask and his wish would be fulfilled ; to it Insato owed all that he possessed . As soon as the king left him , Gopani-Kufa again took Zengi-mizi , out of his basket . ` Zengi-mizi , ' he said , ` the king seems loth to grant my request for the Mirror -- is there not some other thing of equal value for which I might ask ? ' And the wasp answered : ` There is nothing in the world , O Gopani-Kufa , which is of such value as this Mirror , for it is a Wishing Mirror , and accomplishes the desires of him who owns it . If the king hesitates , go to him the next day , and the day after , and in the end he will bestow the Mirror upon you , for you saved his life . ' And it was even so . For three days Gopani-Kufa returned the same answer to the king , and , at last , with tears in his eyes , Insato gave him the Mirror , which was of polished iron , saying : ` Take Sipao , then , O Gopani-Kufa , and may thy wishes come true . Go back now to thine own country ; Sipao will show you the way . ' Gopani-Kufa was greatly rejoiced , and , taking farewell of the king , said to the Mirror : ` Sipao , Sipao , I wish to be back upon the Earth again ! ' Instantly he found himself standing upon the upper earth ; but , not knowing the spot , he said again to the Mirror : ` Sipao , Sipao , I want the path to my own kraal ! ' And behold ! right before him lay the path ! When he arrived home he found his wife and daughter mourning for him , for they thought that he had been eaten by lions ; but he comforted them , saying that while following a wounded antelope he had missed his way and had wandered for a long time before he had found the path again . That night he asked Zengi-mizi , in whom sat the spirit of his father , what he had better ask Sipao for next ?
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