> >> 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,' 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 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..
