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You are in a desert. You have with you the following five animals:
1. A lion
2. A cow 
3. A horse 
4. A sheep 
5. A monkey

 
You can use whatever logic you like BUT keep track of which animal is discarded !!!
a) To escape the desert you are going to have to get rid of one of your animals. 
Which one do you drop ???

b) You now have 4 animals left. The desert is burning up !!! It goes on for miles. Sand  is everywhere. You realize, to get out,  you are going to have drop another animal. 
Which do you drop ???

c) You now 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. 
Now which animal do you drop ???

d) Ok, it's a long hot walk. You can see the edge of the desert waayyy on the horizon. Damn, there's no way you're gonna make it with both of the aniamals. Unfortunately, you can only leave the desert with only ONE animal. 
Which one do you drop and which one do you keep ???

 
Before looking at the answers, make sure you know which animal
you dropped and in what order. These answers are based on
Japanese Archetypes.

 
The desert represents a hardship.
The animals represent . . .
Monkey = Children
Cow = Basic Needs
Sheep = friendship
Horse = Your Passion. 
 
Lion = Pride 

So, in the face of hardship, you will sacrifice each of these things in turn.
Your last animal represents that thing which you cling to at the expense of all others.

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