Pyramus and Thisbe were neighbors who were in love with each other. Even so, due to the fault of their families they could not see each other. This made his desire increase more and more.
One day they found a wall through which they could see each other and talk. In one of these meetings they decided to escape at night and be able to see each other. They stayed in a mulberry tree. Thisbe went out first and arrived at the place agreed upon with Pyramus, who had not yet arrived. While Thisbe was waiting, she managed to see a lioness returning from hunting, covered in blood. She approached the lake to drink water and Thisbe took the opportunity to flee to a cave to protect herself from the lioness. Even so, in the middle of the flight the veil fell from her head. Then the lioness took him and left him destroyed with bites and covered in blood.
Shortly afterwards Pyramus arrived and found the veil covered in blood. Pyramus felt helpless at the thought that his lover had been killed by the lioness while she had been waiting for him. So great was his sense of guilt that he decided to stab himself with a dagger to end his life.
A few minutes later Thisbe came out of the cave and went to where they had agreed to meet. Without any trace of life she found the body of her dead lover. Since not even death could separate them, she stabbed herself with the same dagger and accompanied her beloved to the world of shadows.
Explained by I. Calvet
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