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 nuts were dropped and rolled down toward the fence.

Another boy came riding along the road on his bicycle and 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 knew JUST 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 just heard... Satan and the Lord are down at the cemetery dividing up souls."

Old man says "Beat it, kid. Can't you see it's hard for me to walk?"

When the boy insisted, the old 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 telling the truth. Let's see if we can see the devil himself." Shaking with fear, they peered through the fence yet were unable to see anything. The old man and the boy gripped the fence tighter and tighter as they tried to get a glimpse of Satan.

At last they heard, "One for you, one for me... one for you and the last one for me. That's all. Now let's go get those nuts down by the fence and we'll be done."

They say the old man made it back to town 15 minutes before the young boy.

My thanks to Abie, my friend from the south, who sent me this one...*g*