John Henry by Ezra Jack Keats

John Henry by Ezra Jack Keats

Author:Ezra Jack Keats [Keats, Ezra Jack]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 978-0-553-51313-4
Publisher: Random House Children's Books
Published: 2014-12-22T16:00:00+00:00


Deep into the mountain they worked, as John Henry’s singing

echoed through the tunnel. The powder men got ready to blast more rock.

They filled a hole with dynamite, put in a long fuse, and lit it.

“Run, men!” cried the foreman.

They all scrambled back, ready to dash clear of the blast.

At that instant came a great cracking and rumbling

and the entire tunnel trembled around them.

“It’s a cave-in!” “We’re trapped!”

There was no place to run. The fuse burned closer to the dynamite.

John Henry was nearest the fuse.

He ran to put it out but tripped and fell!



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