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One for you, One for me
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!" 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 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's 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
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