Without rainwater, the plants, especially the wild plants will thirst to die.
How many of those who have had the pleasure of building a house in China, with Chinese contractors and workmen, thirst to do it again?
During the games, there was admittedly a thirst to feel nationalistic pride.
The Huwawa mask is just one of thousands of objects in the British Museum designed to let us know what lies around the corner, evidence of the insatiable human thirst to look beyond the now.