A leendary giant Kua Fu， overrating his own abilities， wanted to catch up with thesun. He followed the sun to its setting place at a valley far away and became very thirstyBadly in need of a drink of water， he went to the Yellow River and the River Wei toquench his thirst， but the water from these two rivers were 'neither sufficient to satisfyhim. He decided to go to the great lake Tai in the north to drink its water. Before he gotthere he died of thirst on the way.