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
hepassed, 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 G-d!" 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 old 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!