On the outskirts of town, there was a big old pecan 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.
Several were dropped and rolled down toward the fence. Another boy came
riding along the road on his bicycle. 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, one for me.” He
just knew what it was. “Oh my,” he shuddered, "it’s Satan and the Lord
dividing the souls at the cemetery. He jumped back on his bike and rode
off. Just around the bend he met an old man with a cane, hobbling along.
“Come here quick,” said the boy, “you won’t believe what I heard. Satan and
the Lord are down at the cemetery dividing up the souls.”
The man said, “Beat it, kid, can’t you see it’s hard for me to walk.” When
the boy insisted, though, the man hobbled to the cemetery. Standing by the
fence they heard, "One for you, one for me. One for you,one for me. The old
man whispered, “Boy, you’ve been tellin’ the truth. Let’s see if we can see
the devil himself.” Shaking with fear, they peered through the fence, yet
were still unable to see anything. The old man and the boy gripped the
wrought iron bars of the fence tighter and tighter as theytried to get a
glimpse of Satan.
At last they heard, “One for you, one for me. And one last one for you.
That’s all. Now let’s go get those nuts by the fence, and we’ll be done.”
They say the old guy made it back to town 5 minutes before the boy.
hehe..