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

You 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?

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.

You have 2 animals left. Ok, it's a long hot walk. You can see the edge of the desert way horizon. Unfortunately, you can only leave the desert with 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 in what order.

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These answers are based on Japanese Archetypes.The desert resents a hardship.

Lion, Cow, Sheep, Monkey

Lion, Cow, Sheep, Horse.

monkey lion cow horse

Who will keep the lion???

The horse is more likely the most basic need among the five when in desert.

The cow and the sheep are even more useless. I definitely don't think either one of them will have enough nutrition in them to produce milk.

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For anyone, I think, it's pretty hard to choose between passion, pride, basic needs, friendship, and children. I know for myself I'd have an extremely difficult time to "lose" any one of these five things--they're all important to me.

So, really, the five things are equally important for most people.

To make the test "not dumb", a situation should be given where none of the animals is more important, or more useful, than others.

When I saw the five animals that I had, two things occured in my mind: first, why the heck do I have a lion with me in the desert? second, what? I have a monkey?! Oh, yes!!!!!!

When I needed to drop an animal for the first time, I dropped the lion with any sort hesitation. "See you later. I ain't keeping you to eat me!"

Then I needed to drop a second animal. Again, without too much hestitation, I dropped the cow. Why? The reason's simple, it's too BORING!

Notice, up to this point, I'd never thought about getting out of the desert, or finding an oasis, or how each of the animals may help me doing that. I'm having so much fun, who cares if I can't get out!^_^

Now I needed to drop a third animal. And this was the first time I actually thought about what the animals could do for me. Firstly, I ain't never dropping the monkey, it's just too much fun to get rid of. So the choice was between the horse and the sheep. And it occured to me that I could actually ride the horse, so I dropped the sheep. However, my kind of "ride" is probably different from your kind of "ride". Most of you would ride the horse to save energy so that you would live long enough to find the oasis. Me? I'm just riding it for fun! I've never ridden a horse, why not have some fun when I have the chance.

Now it was little difficult, because I was getting frustrated by the same scenario every time. "You need to drop an animal. You need to drop an animal." It just seemed to me that dropping these animals wasn't improving the situation any. The oasis had dried up, for crying out. So I thought, I'm probably not going to make it. If I'm not going to make, then to h*&^ with the horse, BORING little thing! So there went the horse.

I'd rather die with a big smile on my face than lying there with a boring creature.

I wonder he will ask something...very different, but not sheep.
The Little Prince did ask the pilot
to draw him a sheep.
And he said "draw me a sheep" at least
three times.
The pilot drew a sick sheep first,
which could not satisfied the kid (Prince).
Then the kid said the second sheep was
not a sheep but a ram!
The third sheep was too old.
The pilot was exhuasted because
he was in a hurry to fix the engine of
his plane.
He drew a box finally.
"This is only his box. The sheep
you asked for is inside.
"This is exactly the way I wanted it!"
replied the kid.
So you are right in some degree
because what the kid asked for was
a box.
But that was a box with an invisible
sheep inside.
Both of us are right. ^_^
a lovely book, isn't it?^_^

Oops~~I am analyzing the human natures!

Forget what the animals symbolize.
Frankly speaking, I would give up passion
first if I had to give up one of the five things.And children would be the last.
No matter what happens, I will do my best
to protect my children until the last munite.
But I will never be so nice to any man.
And if I go to a desert, I will ride a camel
instead of a horse.
So the test is really dumb!^_^

Forget about the "test", it is dumb.
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I read it long time ago...
And I can't remember anything.

Forget about the "test", it is dumb.
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joking lah...

For example, my dumping order for this dumb test is :
Lion, (Monkey, Cow, Sheep)
I shall get rid of the three animals in brackets ASAP, why should one keep them if they are nothing but burdens? Well, I may bring along with me the cow or the sheep, whichever faster to keep pace with the horse. When it is exhausted, I shall keep its blood...

And my dumping order for the 5 "things" is :
Children (I would not have any to "dump", I don't like children - playing with them for a while is okay, but to raise one, no way!), Passion, Pride, Friendship.
OR
Passion, Pride, Friendship, Basic Needs (if I do have a child).

Here is how I made my choices:

1. Keeping a lion, a predator which might end up eating me for lunch, appeared to be a suicide. So, getting rid of it right away was a no-brainer decision. I would kill it though, otherwise I might become its prey later.

2. Due to its slowness, a cow could be a burden in the desert, and there would be no purpose of keeping it if not for food.

3. A sheep could also feed me, so I really wouldn't need a cow and a sheep at the same time. Keeping the sheep between the 2 was obvious since sheep are usually swifter and more versatile than cows.

4. A monkey would be a good companion for a journey; it could be a scout, a servant, and a playmate; it could protect me against snakes which are the most probable predators in the desert; it could pick fruits for me if an oasis is found. Monkeys take care of themselves, so travelling with one wouldn't be burdensome. Therefore, I weighed the monkey over the sheep.