John Strong ❲2027❳

Armed only with a sledgehammer and a week’s worth of dried beef, John hiked into the heat. For three days, the town heard nothing but the faint, rhythmic clink-clink-clink echoing off the canyon walls. On the fourth day, the sound stopped.

While the other townspeople bickered over the dwindling well water or looked for someone to blame, John went to work. He knew of an old legend—a subterranean spring deep within the , blocked by a massive rockfall decades ago. john strong

The townsfolk feared the worst until a low rumble shook the valley floor. A thin ribbon of crystal-clear water began to snake its way down the parched creek bed. Armed only with a sledgehammer and a week’s