Cemetery
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 the 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. 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 souls.
The old man said Shoo, you brat! Can't you see
I'm finding it hard to walk as it is.After several more pleas the man hobbles to
the cemetery and heard, One for you, one for me.
One for you and one for me. 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 the 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.
