How did John Henry die?
He did not die because he was old.He died because he was having a competition against a man and his steam drill.The man challenged John Henry.So,one afternoon,they had the competition on a hill.At first,the steam drill was beating John Henry,but John Henry had lightning in his eyes.He started pounding those steel nails into that ground with his sledgehammer!He went 15 feet but the steam drill went only 9.Right when John Henry was at the last nail in the tunnel,he died.They say,that if you go into that tunnel in West Virginia,if you listen closely,you can still hear his sledgehammer pounding those nails into the ground.
