Life — May 17, 1929 — page 49: what you’re looking at

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He was wishing for a roast cow and she was wishing for a roast pig. She grew faint so John Henry, to help her along, started wishing for her pig as well as his cow. Tt was a heavy burden for him, but as he looked toward heaven for strength he saw some large birds. Ah, food at last. The birds themselves were out of reach, being high even in the tropics. Their shadows, however, were darting up and down the beach. John Henry and Marion ate the shadows. Ate them even without salt and pepper. Heigh ho! A carefree life and a merry one. But all such joys must end. One day the shadows were all gone. Even though the birds were still plentiful John Henry and Marion had eaten all their shadows. Once more hunger came. Then, out of a clear sky, a dark black shadow almost as large as a house darted across the beach. Marion screamed for joy. Her bare little toes threw sand in John Henry’s eyes as the two darted toward their swiftly moving luncheon. Marion reached the shadow first. She took a bite. Her screams of joy were changed to howls of pain. John Henry looked up and saw the shadow came from an airplane. Marion had broken a tooth on it. Thereafter they were reduced to eating asofo tracks. The asofo is a large animal somewhat like a deer, except a deer is usually coming from some place while an asofo is usually found going some place. Once accustomed to them, the asofo tracks made a satisfying food. Dinner consisted of about six miles of them. On Sundays and holidays John Henry and Marion usually ate nine miles of tracks, Then they slept under a palm tree or frolicked about the beach. Heigh ho! It was a carefree life again. But ‘unkind fate willed that such bliss must not endure. The asofo became lazy and refused to make any tracks, Crazed by hunger, John Henry lost his temper and killed the asofo. Starvation stared them in the face once more, awful starvation. Marion suggested to John Henry that he signal a ship. 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