逐日

夸父与日逐走，入日；渴，欲得饮，饮于河、渭；河、渭不足，北饮大泽。未至，道渴而死。弃其杖，化为邓林。

Kuafu chase the sun, to close to the sun; He was very thirsty and wanted to drink water. He drank water in the Yellow River and the Wei River. They could not satisfy him, so they went north to drink the water of Daze. He died of thirst on the way before he could get there. Before he died, he threw his stick and became Deng Lin (A oasis).