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then one day when John was doing his job and singing to himself. A rich man came to town. He said his robot could beat a natural man like John Henry then John challenged him to a battle if he lost he would stop hammering nails and if he won he had to leave.

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The challenge lasted for weeks. The challenge was who could nail the most nails to the railroad track then one day the noise stopped. John stopped singing and the clanks stopped so it was silent then someone came out of the smoke it was John but John was so tired from all that work he died with his hammers in his hands.

he found a railroad which led him to a town. In the town, he saw men with hammers in their hands. They were using hammers to build a railroad track.<br/><br/> <br/>

So he left his parent's home and went to go look for a job that let him use a hammer in his hand.

So he ran down got his hammer and nailed a nail to the railroad track. Everyone was shocked at how strong he was. Then he started singing a song when he was nailing the nails to the ground.

<br/>When he was a child he was born with a hammer in his hand. He got very big and could not fit inside his parent's house. 

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