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John Henry
Why do birds fly south? Because it is too far to walk.

He was born with a __________ in his hand. was a famous ____________. to use his dad's hammer. into rock.

That's

what the tall __________ tell us about John Henry. He His parents knew that he As a boy, he loved was special when he was __________.

Most people hammer He was the best at his job. His job was to dig

__________ into wood. John __________ hammered spikes That was his job. He worked for the ____________. tunnels through mountains. machine.

One day there was a contest. In

The ___________ was to see who could dig faster, man or John Henry raced the ___________ and won. the __________ tale, __________ Henry died after winning the contest. __________.
born Henry hammer hand machine John railroad contest tall American tale nails

He is said to have died with a hammer in his

Write a sentence about John Henry and illustrate on the back of this paper