Cemetary -- Joke from Top o' The Morning, Slidell paper

On the outskirts of a small town, there was a big old pecan tree just inside the cemetary fence. One day two boys filled up a bucket with pecans and sat down by the tree, out of sight, began dividing the nuts. "One for you, one for me. One for you, one for me," said one boy. 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 cemetary. 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 cemetary." 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 just heard. Satan and the Lord are down at the cemetary dividing up the souls." "Beat it kid, can't you see it's hard for me to walk?" When the boy insisted though, the man hobbled to the cemetary. 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 telling the truth. Let's see if we can see the devil 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 the tried to get a glimpse of Satan. 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 said the old guy made it back to town a full five minutes before the young boy.
Last Updated 6/11/2000.