There was a huge nut tree by the cemetery
fence. One day, two boys filled up a bucketful of nuts and sat down by the tree, out of
sight, and began dividing the nuts. "One for you, one for me. One for you, one for
me," said one boy. The bucket was so full, several rolled out towards the fence.
Cycling down the road by the cemetery was a
third boy. As he passed, he thought he heard voices from inside the cemetery. He slowed
down to investigate. Sure enough, he heard, "One for you, one for me. One for
you." He knew what it was. "Oh, my God!" he shuddered, "It's Satan and
St. Peter dividing the souls at the cemetery!"
He cycled down the road and found an old
man with a cane, hobbling along. "Come quick!" he said, "You won't believe
what I heard. Satan and St. Peter are down at the cemetery dividing the souls." The
old man said, "Shoo, you brat! Can't you see I'm finding it hard to walk as it
is!"
After several pleas, the man hobbled to the
cemetery and heard, "One for you, one for me. One for you, one..." The old man
whispered, "Boy, you've been tellin' the truth! Let's see if we can see the Devil
himself." Shivering with fear, they edged toward the fence, still unable to see
anything, but they heard, "One for you, one for me. One for you, one for me. And one
last one for you. That's all. Let's go get those nuts by the fence, and we'll be
done."
They say the old guy made it to town 10
minutes before the boy!
