Pecans

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
pecans 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.  

"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 heard!  Satan and the Lord are
down at the cemetery dividing up the souls."  

The old man said, "Beat it kid, can't you see it's hard for
me to walk?"

When the boy insisted though, the 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 tellin' the truth!  Let's see if we can
see the Lord himself."  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."  And one last "One For you, one
for me.  That's all.  Now let's go get those nuts by the fence, and we'll be
done."

Some say the old man made it back to town a full 10 minutes ahead of the boy on
the bike.

Submitted by: handybanjo