The Ant and the Elephant

“The Ant and the Elephant”

A powerful storm blows Adir the ant far from his colony. He fears he will never see his friends again and wonders where he is. A churlish crow visits Adir when he is in the depths of despair, eats the ant’s hard-earned food, tells him about an oasis and flies away, refusing to say where this haven might be.

Elgo, a young elephant, wanders the savannah after leaving his parents. Drought parches the land, so each elephant wanders alone as all the animals compete for water and food. Elgo knows about an oasis and dreams of getting there, but he follows the familiar patterns of migration and behavior that informed his ancestors for centuries. Elgo can’t break out of his rut; he barely recognizes that he’s in one.

The Conscious and the Subconscious

The ant represents your conscious mind and the elephant symbolizes your subconscious mind. Comparing the elephant to the ant depicts the enormous difference between the power and size of your subconscious versus your conscious mind. As the story unfolds, the ant gradually takes charge of the elephant and leads him to the oasis – just as your conscious mind can control your subconscious...