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    PYRAMUS AND THISBE

    Long ago, in ancient Babylon, there lived in connected houses two young lovers named
    Pyramus and Thisbe. However, because there was a long-standing feud between their families,
    rooted in their fathers, they were not allowed to talk and meet each other publicly and freely,
    much less to continue their relationship. Their families did not want to be tied to each other
    because of their relationship, and they would not allow the two to eventually marry, so the
    moment they found out that Pyramus and Thisbe were lovers, they did everything just so they
    would not meet again. The two then were troubled, but one day, Thisbe saw a crack in the wall
    between their houses and tried talking to Pyramus when she heard his voice somewhere near.
    They then eventually continued conversing secretly through that crack in the wall, but there
    came a time they were already so frustrated because they could not meet, so they thought of a
    plan: they would be meeting each other at night under the Mulberry Tree near King Ninus’ tomb
    when both their parents were already asleep and would be eloping. They thought if they would
    marry each other secretly, when they return, their parents would not be able to separate them
    because they would be basically connected as a family. When the time for their plans to be
    executed came, they briefly conversed and decided that Thisbe should go to the forest, where
    they would be waiting for each other first and Pyramus would be there afterwards, just so their
    parents would not suspect that they would be eloping. So, Thisbe, wearing a cloak, went to the
    forest and waited for Pyramus. Then, when she heard a screeching sound, she thought it was
    already Pyramus, but when she looked, she found a lioness who had just finished eating her
    prey instead. The lioness then saw her, and Thisbe was so scared of it that she ran far from the
    forest and hid herself in a cave. However, she did not notice that her cloak fell down; the lioness
    saw it instead and played with it. After some time, Pyramus arrived at their meeting place and
    went on shouting Thisbe’s name, but no one was answering. He was so bothered that he could
    not find her because she should have been there before him. So, he stopped and searched for
    her; at the same time, he found a familiar cloak. He paused on his way, got Thisbe’s cloak, and
    noticed there were visible scratches by the lioness. He was bothered by it, so he thought of
    different situations that had happened to his lover; it went on and on until he imagined the worst
    ones. He concluded that Thisbe was eaten by the lioness and that he was the reason she was
    killed because he did not arrive early. He could not fathom the thought of her being dead while
    he was still alive. He was full of regrets, and so he pulled his sword and killed himself. Thisbe at
    the cave then realized later on that perhaps, the lioness would not be at the same place
    anymore because it’s already been too long of a time. So, she went out of the cave and ran
    back to the meeting place to see if Pyramus was already there. However, she found an
    unconscious Pyramus lying under the Mulberry Tree. She noticed he was cold and he was no
    longer breathing. She also saw that he was holding her cloak and realized that perhaps
    Pyramus assumed that she was killed by the lioness, and so because of his love for her, he
    killed himself. So, Thisbe, as an act of love, then decided to pull Pyramus’ sword, wished for the
    gods to color the fruits of the Mulberry Tree to crimson red as a sign of their young love, that
    their parents may bury them together, and that they may find a way to each other’s arms once
    more in the afterlife, and then, she killed herself. The Gods then granted Thisbe’s wish; the
    Mulberry Tree’s fruits turned crimson red, their parents found them and buried them together,
    and they met again in the afterlife

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