You have with you the following five animals:
To escape the desert you are going to have to get rid of one of your animals. (Don't ask why; just accept it.)
Which one do you drop? (You can use whatever logic you like to justify your decision, but remember which animal you chose.)
Walk on . . .
You have 4 animals left.
The desert is burning up!
It goes on for miles. Sand is everywhere.
To get out, you are going to have drop another animal.
Which do you drop?
Walk on . . .
You have 3 animals left.
Walk, walk, walk. Hot, hot, hot.
Disaster! The Oasis that you were looking for is dried up!
You have no choice but to drop another animal.
Walk on . . .
OK. It's a long, hot walk.
You can see the edge of the desert away on the horizon.
Unfortunately, you can only leave the desert with one animal.
Which one do you drop and which one do you keep?
Before going on, make sure you know which animals you dropped, and in what order.
Walk on . . .
This imaginary journey is based on Japanese Archetypes.
The desert represents a hardship.
The animals represent things that we value.
So, in the face of hardship, you must sacrifice each of these things in turn. Your last animal represents that thing which you cling to after giving up all the others.
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