A seed pod blows onto the desert floor and begins its adventure surviving in the desert. The pod is picked up by a desert dove, dropped, eaten by a deer, digested and expelled, swept up in a rainstorm, and sprouted into a seedling. It's first trial of survival is when it repels a rabbit intent on eating its delicate leaves. The seedling protects itself by pricking the rabbits nose with its natural forming thorns. The tree grows and produces flowers...