One for you, One for me

PECANS IN THE CEMETERY

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. 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," sai d 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 slowly 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' me the
truth. Let's see if we can see the Lord."

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 the Lord.

At last they heard, "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 say the old man made it back to town a full 5
minutes ahead of the kid on the bike.