Description
Ijapa, wakes up one morning in Lagoni, looks back at his life and is very unhappy, thinking that he has achieved nothing, but he suddenly gets excited believing that he has wisdom, and has used this to achieve a great deal. To Ijapa wisdom means is being able to find solutions to any problems, no matter the means, even if it is through deviousness, pranks and mischief. All he needs to do is improve on his methods, and make sure that others’ wisdom is taken from them and nobody has access to it. He can possess all the wisdom in the whole world, and make money from it!
Ijapa decides to go around the world listening in or eavesdropping on conversations – gathering any part of the conversations that shows wisdom in his opinion, in a huge gourd with a tight stopper. To him the world means his town and the neighbouring towns. Telling lies upon lies when questioned about the gourd and the strange and suspicious ways he is behaving he fulfils his mission, and returns home. Faced with where to put the gourd from the reach of others, he is also faced with some questions that baffle him.
