Pecans in the cemetery

[kc9gld]

Subject: 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,"One boy said,

"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.

[Renae/k9do]

:)LOL!