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Thank you's today got to Hetareader. The story today is based off of the myth Pyramus and Thisbe.
The characters are as goes: Spain as Pyramus, and Romano as Thisbe. Hope you enjoy!
Spain, Romano and the mulberry tree
Mulberry berries were not always the red they are today. Instead they were a pure white. The reason for this color change happened long ago in the land of Babylonia. Here there lived two families, whose houses were so close that they even shared a wall. Each family had a son, who soon began to fall in love with the other. The names of these two youths were Spain and Romano.
The boys' families tried to keep the boys from falling in love by forbidding them to be together, but when two people are in love they always find a way. This way to be close to eachother came in the form of a small hole in the wall they shared. No one else knew about this hole, so the two of them were able to talk to eachother without either family finding out.
Just talking however was starting to lose its pleasure. The two of them wanted to see eachother, to kiss and be happy. They used to talk to the wall about how nice it was to be able to talk through it, but longed to see past it at their love.
One day, Spain came up with an idea to make them happy. In his plan, the two of them would leave their homes in the night and meet out of the city by a tomb that was marked by a mulberry tree. Romano agreed to this plan and the two of them waited eagerly for night to come.
As soon as it was night and Romano's family was asleep, he sneaked out of the house and went to the mulberry tree. By the tree, there was a small spring which was visited by many animals. On this night, as Romano waited he saw a lion fresh from a kill come to the spring. He became so afraid that he ran away as fast as he could; leaving behind his cloak.
When the lion reached the spring, it found Romano's cloak and began to tear at it until it became very ripped and covered with blood. Soon after this, the lion left to go back to its den.
Shortly after the lion left, Spain came to the spring. Expecting to find his love Romano, he was surprised to find a bloody cloak. After a few minutes of inspection, he came to the realization that the cloak belonged to Romano and that it was torn up by a lion. He then came to the conclusion that his love had been killed by a lion while waiting for him to come.
Spain then began to feel so horrible and thought, 'If only I had been here earlier, then he would not have had to die!'
With this thought and the thought of having to live the rest of his life without him, he took his sword and ran himself through; splattering the white berries of the mulberry tree a crimson red. While this was going on, Romano had begun his walk back to the tree. When he got there, he was surprised to find the berries a deep red now, but understood why they were that color when he looked at the ground and found Spain.
Romano held Spain and began to cry over his dying body. All the while yelling, "Why, dammit, why? Dammit tomato-bastard, answer me!"
Upon hearing his nickname, Spain slowly opened his eyes. When he saw his Romano he gave a weak smile and said, "I thought you were dead. We were going to be together forever, but now death will separate us."
"Like hell I'm giving Death that satisfaction!" Romano cried out while taking hold of Spain's sword. He then plunged the blade into his own body, causing his blood to wash over the mulberry berries. Shortly after this the two of them died together.
It is said that the gods were so moved by their act of love, that they made it so every mulberry tree from that time on had red berries in their memory. Their families were also moved by their love, and decided to have them both cremated and mixed the ashes from the two bodies together; making it so no one could ever separate them again.
The End
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