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,' 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 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.
SMILE,
God Loves You!