Pyramus and Thisbe, hero and heroine of a Babylonian love story, in which they were able to communicate only through a crack in the wall between their houses.

2. Once upon a time, in
Babylonia, two families lived
side by side. In one home
lived the handsome young
man known as Pyramus,
and in the other lived the
maiden every young man
loved.

3. Her name was Thisbe.
They met when they were
children, and what began
as a wonderful friendship
blossomed into love as
they grew older.
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4. That would have been a fine thing for most
families, but the parents of Pyramus and Thisbe
forbade them to marry. The families had begun to
quarrel when their children were young, and their
quarrel grew into a terrible feud. They built a tall
wall between their two houses and told their
children never to speak to or see each other.

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But love will find a way to overcome walls, and as the
years passed, Pyramus and Thisbe managed to convey
their feelings for each other with glances. And then one
day they discovered, to their delight and astonishment, a
crack in the wall.

6. But love will find a way to
overcome walls, and as
the years passed,
Pyramus and Thisbe
managed to convey their
feelings for each other
with glances. And then
one day they discovered,
to their delight and
astonishment, a crack in
the wall.

7. Pyramus and Thisbe knew their love was
blessed, and the crack allowed them to whisper
messages back and forth to each other.
"This wall is the cruelest thing in the world,"
Pyramus whispered. "How can anything keep
us apart?"

8. But Thisbe, who was a
gentle soul, said softly,
"We have much to be
grateful for, my love.
We owe this crack in
the wall our gratitude. It
permits us to send each
other our loving words."

9. "You are right, Thisbe,"
Pyramus whispered, and
that night, like every
other night, they
whispered farewell and
pressed their lips to either
side of the wall, their kiss
goodnight.

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One morning, as the stars dimmed
and the sun began to burn the
night's frost from the ground, they
met again at the wall. "Thisbe,"
Pyramus whispered, "I have a
plan." He told his lover of his idea,
born of his longing to be with her.

11. They agreed that that night,
while everyone was fast
asleep, they would slip away.
They would leave their homes,
their families, all they had
known all their lives, and at a
place known as the Tomb of
Ninus, where a mulberry tree
grew and a cool spring
flowed, they would meet and
forever be together.

12. That night, when her parents were asleep, Thisbe
tiptoed out of the house and quickly made her
way to the Tomb. She reached the place before
her beloved, and so she sat beneath the tree,
alone in the quiet night, her heart beating so hard
with excitement, she thought she might faint. Then,
suddenly, she heard a sound. She turned and saw
a stately lioness stalking toward the sp ring,
seeking to quench her thirst. Blood dripped from
her mouth, the evidence of a recent kill.

13. When Thisbe saw the creature, she ran and hid inside
a hollow rock. Shivering with fear, she held her breath
and waited quietly.
The lionness took her drink and turned to leave, but
then she spotted something on the ground. Thisbe had
dropped her mantle in her haste.

14. Pyramus came running. His parents
had stayed awake late, and he
knew his beloved would be waiting.
As he approached, he saw the
lionness's footprints in the sand.
"Thisbe!" he called, alarmed by this
sight. "Thisbe, are you there?"

15. "Thisbe!" he cried again. He wept
in despair. "Beloved, I am the
cause of your death," for he was
certain that the lionness had killed
her. "You are more worthy of
living than I, and you have died. I
will follow you to death."
Pyramus, meantime, ran toward
the spring. It was then that he
spotted the veil lying upon the
ground, bloodied by the lion's
mouth.
With those words he lifted the
mantle and covered it with kisses
and tears. He drew his sword and
pierced his heart. His blood
stained the white mulberries
crimson.

16. Now Thisbe, having waited
patiently, crept slowly from
her hiding place, cautiously
looking around.
She tiptoed toward the
spring, and when she
reached the tree. As she
turned, she saw her beloved
lying on the ground.

17. Thisbe screamed and ran to him.
She wept tears into his wound and
showered kisses upon his face.
"Pyramus," she wailed, "who has
killed you? Hear me, please, my
darling. Lift your head."
When he heard her voice, Pyramus
opened his eyes and smiled. That
was his last gesture before he
closed his eyes and died.

18. When Thisbe saw her mantle
and Pyramus' sword upon the
ground, she understood. "You
have taken your life for mine,"
she wept. "I will follow you to
death. And may our parents,
who denied us happiness, allow
us to be joined in death. May
they bury us together in one
tomb."

19. "Carry the marks of our love. Keep your berries
crimson in our memory." And with those words she
plunged Pyramus' sword into her own body.