Dividing The Pecans:
On the outskirts of a small town, there was a big, old pecan tree just
inside 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
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 they tried to get a glimpse of Satan.
At last they heard, "One for you, one for me." And one last "One for you,
one for me." " That's all. Now let's go get those nuts by the fence, and
we'll be done."
"They said the old guy made it back to town a full 5 minutes before the
young boy".
