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 ? ` Biz-z-z , ' said the wasp , ` would you not like to be as great a chief as Insato ? ' And Gopani-Kufa smiled , and took the Mirror and said to it : ` Sipao , Sipao , I want a town as great as that of Insato , the King of Pita ; and I wish to be chief over it ! ' Then all along the banks of the Zambesi river , which flowed near by , sprang up streets of stone buildings , and their roofs shone with gold and burnished iron like those in Pita ; and in the streets men and women were walking , and young boys were driving out the sheep and cattle to pasture ; and from the river came shouts and laughter from the young men and maidens who had launched their canoes and were fishing . And when the people of the new town beheld Gopani-Kufa they rejoiced greatly and hailed him as chief . Gopani-Kufa was now as powerful as Insato the King of the Reptiles had been , and he and his family moved into the palace that stood high above the other buildings right in the middle of the town . His wife was too astonished at all these wonders to ask any questions , but his daughter Shasasa kept begging him to tell her how he had suddenly become so great ; so at last he revealed the whole secret , and even entrusted Sipao the Mirror to her care , saying : ` It will be safer with you , my daughter , for you dwell apart ; whereas men come to consult me on affairs of state , and the Mirror might be stolen . ' Then Shasasa took the Magic Mirror and hid it beneath her pillow , and after that for many years Gopani-Kufa ruled his people both well and wisely , so that all men loved him , and never once did he need to ask Sipao to grant him a wish . Now it happened that , after many years , when the hair of Gopani-Kufa was turning grey with age , there came white men to that country . Up the Zambesi they came , and they fought long and fiercely with Gopani-Kufa ; but , because of the power of the Magic Mirror , he beat them , and they fled to the sea-coast . Chief among them was one Rei , a man of much cunning , who sought to discover whence sprang Gopani-Kufa 's power . So one day he called to him a trusty servant named Butou , and said : ` Go you to the town and find out for me what is the secret of its greatness . ' And Butou , dressing himself in rags , set out , and when he came to Gopani-Kufa 's town he asked for the chief ; and the people took him into the presence of Gopani-Kufa . When the white man saw him he humbled himself , and said : ' O Chief ! take pity on me , for I have no home ! When Rei marched against you I alone stood apart , for I knew that all the strength of the Zambesi lay in your hands , and because I would not fight against you he turned me forth into the forest to starve ! ' And Gopani-Kufa believed the white man 's story , and he took him in and feasted him , and gave him a house . In this way the end came .
For the heart of Shasasa , the daughter of Gopani-Kufa , went forth XXXXX Butou the traitor , and from her he learnt the secret of the Magic Mirror .
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