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A Look in the Mirror

Tendai R. Mwanakam

    Before the prevalent of the mirror and in a rather backward village of Ruchera in the eastern highlands of Zimbabwe there lived a boy and a girl. His name was Chakupa and he was in love with this very beautiful girl and her name was Runako. It happened that when Runako’s Uncle on the mother’s side came for a visit he brought her a present. It was wrapped in covers so she had taken it outside in order to be alone in enjoying her gift. When she removed the wrappers there was a small hand mirror. When she looked into the mirror she saw a very beautiful girl.

     In awe and wonder she rushed joyously to find her lover who was alone at his parents’ homesteads and finding him at home she said.
    “Chakupa I have a wonderful gift I was given by my Uncle to show you”
    “What gift?” Chakupa asked.
    “This one...” She said, showing him.
    “And In the gift there is a beautiful young lady”
    “You must be very stupid Runako. How can a person fit into that object?” Chakupa quipped.
    Yet for all his knowing that no person can fit into the object, he proved himself as stupid as Runako when he looked into the mirror.
    “But I am seeing a rather dirty ugly man”. He differed.

    Upon which a long unlasting augment ensured. Runako maintaining that there was a very beautiful young lady and Chakupa adamantly saying there was an ugly man so they agreed to enlist the help of knowledgeable elders. They went to Chakupa’s grandfather who was considered the wisest old man of the entire village and upon arrival they let in the old man into their subject of contention.

    Sekuru, and in order to really prove these young stupid adults wrong asked to have a look into the object of their augment upon which he was given the mirror.
    “Oh! My God in heaven!”
    He jumped fearfully when he peeped into the mirror because he was afraid of being killed by the rather wild angry animal that he had seen.

    “You are stupid, so very stupid children for there is a very wild, angry and ready to attack old baboon”
    He looked at those two young adults visionary, then exuding an untouchable ray of the sages’ wisdom in his bearing he said.
    “If I were you I would stop looking into this very dangerous object, unless of course if you are tired of your lives”
    Upon which another augment ensued.

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