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 ? ` 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 .
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