Necessarily he flees from danger, having more regard for himself than for the sheep.
"The Expositor's Bible: The Gospel of St. John, Vol. I"
Marcus Dods
Let us do as the lizard does when it flees, leaving only the tip of its tail.
"Down-with-the-Cities"
Nakashima, Tadashi
Now these incidents really belong to another formula, that of the Master-Maid, in which an ogre's or giant's daughter, helps the hero to perform tasks, flees away with him, is pursued by the ogre, loses her beloved through an Oblivion Kiss and has to win him again from his False Bride by purchasing the right of spending three nights with him.
"Europa's Fairy Book"
Joseph Jacobs