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Thisbe sees a lion with blood dripping from its jaws. She panics and runs away, dropping her veil as she goes. The lion chews it and wanders off. Pyramus arrives, to find a blood-stained veil and no Thisbe. Later, when she comes back, she finds him dead, and commits suicide herself.

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So, she assumed (1) the lion was still hungry and she would be its next meal. She ran away without stopping to think: (2) lions can outrun people; (3) this one had just had a meal; if she'd stayed still and silent, it wouldn't have bothered with her. But, she attracted its attention by running, or perhaps it just played with the veil, feeling relaxed and happy and full. QED