St. Peter, Satan and the Nut Tree

[Misty_Rose]

There was a huge nut 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.

The bucket was so full, several rolled out
towards the fence.

Cycling down the road by the cemetery was a
third boy. 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." He knew what it was.
"Oh my!" he shuddered, "It's Satan and
St. Peter dividing the souls at the cemetery!"

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
cemetery dividing the 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 cemetery and
heard, "One for you, one for me. One for you, one..."

The old man whispered, "Boy, you've 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
one 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! ]

 

[Dreamer]

That one's good enough that I'm memorizing it:shade: Want to re-tell it around town.

 

[SpiritLedEd]

Probably made it back wihout his cane, too! LOL!

SLE