There was a huge nut tree by the cemetary 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 cemetary was a
third boy. As he passed, he thought he heard voices from inside the
cemetary. He slowed down to investigate. Sure enough, he heard,
"One for you, one for me, one for you, one for me." He knew what it
was. "Oh my!!" he shuddered, "It's Satan and St. Peter dividing the
souls at the cemetary!"
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 cemetary dividing
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
cemetary and heard, "One for you, one for me, one for you, one for me."
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 the 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
boy.
