  We analyse an N-body simulation of the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC), that of
Gardiner & Noguchi (1996) to determine its microlensing statistics. We find
that the optical depth due to self-lensing in the simulation is low, 0.4 x
10^{-7}, but still consistent (at the 90% level) with that observed by the EROS
and MACHO collaborations. This low optical depth is due to the relatively small
line of sight thickness of the SMC produced in the simulation. The proper
motions and time scales of the simulation are consistent with those observed
assuming a standard mass function for stars in the SMC. The time scale
distribution from the standard mass function generates a significant fraction
of short time scale events: future self-lensing events towards the SMC may have
the same time scales as events observed towards the Large Magellanic CLoud
(LMC). Although some debris was stripped from the SMC during its collision with
the LMC about 2x10^8 yr ago, the optical depth of the LMC due to this debris is
low, a few times 10^{-9}, and thus cannot explain the measured optical depth
towards the LMC.
